Articles by: Christian Aid

World: How tax dodging feeds world hunger

World: How tax dodging feeds world hunger

0 by / on 2013/05/15, 12:32 pm / in Europe

14 May 2013 – The scandal of world hunger could soon be ended if the revenues that developing countries lose through tax dodging were available to them to invest in agricultural development, says a new report from Christian Aid.

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World: Equity must drive new climate change deal

World: Equity must drive new climate change deal

0 by / on 2013/05/06, 8:22 am / in Europe

ACT Alliance member Christian Aid is calling for countries negotiating a new global climate change agreement to ensure that fairness towards poor countries with the least responsibility for carbon emissions is central to future negotiations. It wants an ‘equity review’ to determine the emission capping actions each country should take.

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UK: Growing UK carbon footprint highlights need for global deal

UK: Growing UK carbon footprint highlights need for global deal

0 by / on 2013/04/25, 9:30 am / in Great Britain

24 April 2013 – The UK’s rise in CO2 emissions despite its efforts to be a world leader in tackling climate change highlights the need for an ambitious international deal to curb greenhouse gases, said Christian Aid today.

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EUR/GB: EU anti-corruption law welcome but UK must answer ‘difficult’ tax questions

EUR/GB: EU anti-corruption law welcome but UK must answer ‘difficult’ tax questions

0 by / on 2013/04/11, 8:34 am / in Europe, Great Britain

10 April 2013 – Christian Aid gives two cheers today for European moves to tackle corruption by forcing some large companies to come clean about their payments to governments around the world. However, the charity says the UK Government’s failure to push for stronger EU rules means the upcoming G8 will be an acid test of the commitment to tax [...]

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World: It’s time to make multinationals pay their fair share of tax, campaigners urge

World: It’s time to make multinationals pay their fair share of tax, campaigners urge

0 by / on 2013/03/28, 8:42 am / in Europe

27 March 2013 – The international system for taxing multinationals is broken and out of date, with many loopholes which allow unscrupulous companies to avoid paying their fair share – as the recent Google, Amazon and Starbucks scandals have shown. So say 58 campaigning organisations today, in a response to the OECD’s February report Addressing Base Erosion and Profit Shifting.

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GB/World: David Cameron urged to put tax at heart of new plan to tackle global poverty

GB/World: David Cameron urged to put tax at heart of new plan to tackle global poverty

0 by / on 2013/03/27, 12:41 pm / in Europe, Featured, Great Britain

25 March 2013 – David Cameron and other leaders working on a global anti-poverty plan should ensure it helps poor countries collect the tax billions they are owed, Christian Aid urges today, on the eve of new talks on the plan in Bali, Indonesia.

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World: The PM can’t afford to ignore environmental risks in setting the post-2015 development framework

World: The PM can’t afford to ignore environmental risks in setting the post-2015 development framework

0 by / on 2013/03/25, 7:51 am / in Europe

22 March 2013 – Next week, the High-level Panel on the post-2015 development agenda meets for the fourth time. Disappointed that David Cameron, one of the co-chairs, will not be attending this meeting, a coalition of the UK’s leading environment and development groups – Christian Aid, Greenpeace, RSPB, WWF and Green Alliance – has warned that the post-2015 framework won’t [...]

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World: DEC announces Syria Crisis Appeal

World: DEC announces Syria Crisis Appeal

0 by / on 2013/03/21, 10:03 am / in Europe

20 March 2013 – The Disasters Emergency Committee has today announced that it will launch an appeal tomorrow for people affected by the conflict in Syria. The announcement follows a dramatic deterioration in the humanitarian situation since the beginning of the year.

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GB: One in three are voting with their wallet following tax revelations

0 by / on 2013/03/04, 8:03 am / in Featured, Great Britain

March 1 2013 – Millions of Britons are using consumer power to boycott companies seen to be avoiding their fair share of UK tax, new research reveals.

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GB/EUR: UK must not block major bank reform

GB/EUR: UK must not block major bank reform

0 by / on 2013/03/01, 8:21 am / in Europe, Great Britain

Thursday 28 February – European Parliament moves to force banks to reveal more about their finances are a huge step towards getting companies to pay their taxes – although the new rules should be extended to other industries, Christian Aid says today.

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