As world leaders gather for make or break talks about halving extreme global poverty, development agencies, including Britain's Christian Aid, warn that progress is being hampered by the activities of rich countries and big business.

News that child poverty rates in the UK are still rising has come at just the wrong time says the chief executive of a leading Christian children’s charity.

A church charity has attacked Tory Leader David Cameron and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown, over their new commitments on inheritance tax. The challenge comes after a Cameron speech pledging to "make British poverty history".

Leaders of 20 national American religious organizations are continuing to press the US Congress this month (June 2007), urging expanded funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Programme (SCHIP).

Christians have responded with 'shock and sadness' to the news that the number of children living in relative poverty in the UK rose by 200,000 last year.