Category - budget

The budget, climate and faith

Ann Pettifor — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:52:21 +0100

The campaigns director of Operation Noah starts a new series of reflective pieces for Ekklesia in the run-up to the Copenhagen Summit in December '09.

Between the budget and a green place

Ann Pettifor — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:36:37 +0100

There are positive features to the 2009 UK budget, says Ann Pettifor. But many of them look meagre compared to the scale of the problems and the missing Green New Deal.

Oxfam rues missed opportunity on UK poverty amid budget gains

agency reporter — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:24:59 +0100

The global development and aid agency Oxfam says that today's budget is a step forward on climate change, good news on the government's aid promises, but a missed opportunity as far as tackling UK poverty is concerned.

Government castigated by War on Want over tax havens

staff writers — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:58:32 +0100

The anti-poverty charity War on Want says that the 2009 UK budget has failed to provide a breakthrough on tax avoidance and tax havens, which cost Britain billions and contribute toward impoverishment across the world.

Analysing the UK Budget '09

Simon Barrow — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:23:26 +0100

Britain's first 'carbon budget' is possibly the most keenly followed one in modern history, given the global financial crisis and a massive borrowing requirement.

UK aid commitments on track despite £155 million 'savings'

agency reporter — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:54:54 +0100

Progressio today welcomed the UK government’s promise to meet existing aid commitments to the world’s poorest people in 2010-11, though it expressed concern at “efficiency savings” totalling some £155 million.

Scrap nukes to boost budget, say Scottish peace groups

staff writers — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:37:48 +0100

Campaigners from Scotland have been proposing to UK chancellor Alistair Darling an alternative budget which does not include spending on nuclear weapons - arguing that that there are massive savings to be made.

Methodists welcome budget support for jobless under-25s

staff writers — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:52:26 +0100

The Methodist Church in Britain has welcomed the Chancellor’s budget commitment today to provide work or training for under 25s who have been jobless for more than a year. It has also welcomed green pledges.

WDM analyses green and Brown shoots in UK budget

agency reporter — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:19:14 +0100

Chancellor Alistair Darling's budget reveals the UK government's contradictory green credentials, according to the World Development Movement - which campaigns for global justice and action on the way climate change is hitting the world's poor.

First ever carbon budget 'a disappointment', says Christian Aid

agency reporter — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 13:56:47 +0100

The government’s first ever UK carbon budget reveals a disappointing lack of ambition and leadership, says British-based international development agency Christian Aid. But it welcomes Gordon Brown’s decision to protect the aid budget.