How 38 Degrees put the voice of the British public at the heart of news about Boris Johnson’s Privileges Committee hearing

What does it take to force multi-billion pound companies to change practices that harm their most vulnerable customers? Our fight to stop energy companies from forcibly installing prepayment meters showed how people power, combined with courageous journalism, can make CEOs, regulators and politicians finally sit up and take notice.

“Partygate” has left trust in the politicians leading the country at an all time low. The pain, anger and hurt that was caused by news and pictures of the PM and senior advisers drinking, while we stayed home to save lives, is palpable. Opinion polling shows that the British public are not ready, despite ministers’ pleas, to “move on”. And 38 Degrees supporters from across the country are telling us the very same.