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  • 22 Apr 2009
    Methodists welcome budget support for jobless under-25s

    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.

  • 22 Apr 2009
    WDM analyses green and Brown shoots in UK budget

    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.

  • 22 Apr 2009
    First ever carbon budget 'a disappointment', says Christian Aid

    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.

  • 22 Apr 2009
    A presidential stranglehold on Zimbabwe

    While the world focuses on elections in South Africa, the terrible plight of people in Zimbabwe continues, says Oskar Wempter. He describes the stranglehold on the country and the impact on its starving population.

  • 22 Apr 2009
    Welsh Presbyterians back calls for a 48 hour working week in Britain

    The Presbyterian Church of Wales has backed calls for the UK government to end its opt-out from a European directive that limits the working week to 48 hours, saying that a long-hours culture is damaging society as a whole.

  • 21 Apr 2009
    South African archbishop calls for Zuma arms deal enquiry

    An Anglican archbishop says the decision to drop charges against South African presidential candidate Jacob Zuma will be a "running sore" unless there is an independent inquiry into the arms deal at its heart.

  • 21 Apr 2009
    Just People?

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  • 21 Apr 2009
    Church leaders to sign public statement opposing BNP

    Church leaders from around West Yorkshire will meet on Wednesday to unite in opposition to the racist British National Party (BNP) ahead of the European elections in June.

  • 21 Apr 2009
    Tesco, Primark cashing in on recession with ‘poverty profits’

    Leading British retailers Tesco and Primark today are accused of cashing in on the recession with cheap fashion sales by exploiting overseas garment workers.

  • 20 Apr 2009
    Grassroots movements plan to boycott South African poll

    As South Africa prepares for its national elections on Wednesday 22 April, many grassroots organisations in South Africa plan to boycott it in protest, reports UK development agency War on Want.