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22 Jul 2011

‘UK clothes stores exploit women’ says charity

Thousands of women producing clothes for UK brands are working 14 hours a day for poverty pay in Bangladesh, says War on Want.
15 Feb 2011

Charity demands justice for Afghan people

The government faces new pressure for the immediate withdrawal of its troops from Afghanistan from the charity War on Want, union leaders and cultural figures.
4 Feb 2011

Chancellor George Osborne crowned tax dodger king

Anti-poverty campaigners have handed George Osborne a large jammy dodger biscuit after an opinion poll named the chancellor Britain's worst tax shirker.
16 Dec 2010

Charities and union struggle against tax dodgers

Campaigners will tomorrow (17 December 2010) demonstrate outside HM Revenue and Customs amid calls for a blitz on tax dodgers.
20 Nov 2010

Thousands march against war as NATO leaders debate Afghanistan

As NATO leaders debated Afghanistan, around 10,000 people rallied in London to call for the immediate withdrawal of UK troops from the country.
12 Jul 2010

Post-World Cup letter demands justice for South Africa's poor

War on Want is sending a letter to the South African High Commissioner to the UK seeking protection of the rights of South Africans to decent housing and services.
25 Feb 2010

London Fashion Week retailers still exploiting workers, says charity

As London Fashion Week drew to a close yesterday (24 February), the anti-poverty charity War on Want said that overseas garment workers are still being exploited to produce clothes for British high street stores.
5 Feb 2010

Rise in GM crops raises ethical alarms in Brazil

An agricultural ethics watchdog in Brazil has expressed alarm at the rise in the use of genetically modified crops in the country. Their rise has been linked to the growing influence of multinational agribusiness.
20 Jan 2010

Fight supermarket power

Given their substantial shareholdings in Tesco and other supermarkets, the Church Commissioner's probably won't be there.
15 Jan 2010

Fashion retailer accused over 'abuse' of workers as sales soar

Cheap high street fashion retailer Primark has been accused by a leading development NGO of profiting from increased sales amid Britain's icy winter while leaving workers who produce its clothes out in the cold.

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