Yesterday's budget was a missed opportunity for the government to show that it is serious about addressing the problem of climate change, which threatens the lives and livelihoods of millions of the world's poorest people, an aid agency has said.

As Gordon Brown delivered his last budget as Chancellor today Christian Aid said it must also be the last in which the Chancellor does not set a clear, annual budget for the UK’s CO2 emissions.

Let Justice Roll, a nonpartisan coalition of ninety faith and community organizations in the USA, has sent a 'living wage' letter to members of the newly constituted Congress - signed by more than 1,000 Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders from across the country.