Successful Campaigns

The Coal Authority has blocked the licences for the Cumbrian Coal Mine! Good News! Now we just need the Coal Authority to insist that the developers hand back the Haig Mining Museum and Land to the people of Whitehaven. The Coal Authority gave the Heritage Lottery funded Museum and land to West Cumbria Mining for £1.....an untold scandal behind the good news.

28/11 - We have won, the evictions have been stopped and the policy changed. Read more here: http://38d.gs/BorisEvictions

UPDATE: 16/11/16 Success – and it’s all thanks to you! Today we’ve had confirmation that Haringey Council will be resettling ten Syrian refugee families in the borough via the Vulnerable Person Resettlement scheme! However, so far no timescale has been announced for when the refugee families will arrive, so it’s crucial that we keep up the pressure and continue our campaign.

Evercreech - We WON! 🌳🐷🐽🐖 Every so often, a village proves what it’s really made of. And last week, Evercreech did exactly that. It started with a few worried voices, a muddy field, and the thought that “someone ought to do something.” Well — someone did. You did. More than 300 of us signed the petition, shared it with friends, and turned out to speak up for our countryside. Then came the meeting — packed with villagers, heartfelt speeches, and, yes, even the pig farmer having his say! It was honest, passionate, and deeply rooted in what makes rural England worth defending. And guess what? It worked! The planners and councillors didn’t just hear us — they felt it. They specifically mentioned the petition and the strength of feeling from local people. That combination — your signatures, your words, and your presence — carried real weight. The result? The green fields of Evercreech will stay green! The piglets keep their sunset mud. And we’ve reminded the council that this community won’t be trampled over by glossy brochures and “desktop exercises.” So thank you — each and every one of you — for proving that ordinary people, when they act together, can still move mountains (or at least stop bulldozers). With heartfelt thanks and a muddy pair of boots, Barry O’Leary (on behalf of everyone who stood up for Evercreech’s green lung) 🌿💚🐖

The £2 fare cap has been extended and a further £80m has been made available to support critical bus services in England! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64678990

The threat of privatisation has been removed after the MoD decided to keep veterans services in the public sector.

20/03/18 - We Won! We delivered our petition last Friday. Within a matter of hours, the National Police Chiefs Council backed down and agreed to a public consultation. For more details on this, see https://netpol.org/2018/03/20/npcc-petition-consultation/

This campaign was a success!

UPDATE: 16.9.16 We'd like to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for signing the petition calling on our government to scrap their planned caps to Local Housing Allowance - plans that would push thousand of vulnerable people out of their homes and put them at drastically increased risk of homelessness. We have some good news! Earlier today Damian Green, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, announced that housing benefit caps for supported housing will be deferred until 2019/20.

Planning decision went in our favour and the site is now safe