Press releases
This month's news and media releases.
Call for Tanzanian election winner to abolish unfair tax anomalies
October 29 2010 - Christian Aid is calling on the winner of this Sunday’s general election in Tanzania to commit to ending tax anomalies that have deprived a country rich in mineral resources of badly needed revenue that could have been spent on schools, hospitals and other infrastructure improvements.
Read more
Major new move could force multinational tax transparency
October 27 2010 - Multinational companies could be forced to reveal far more about their finances in developing countries following a European Commission move which Christian Aid experts welcomed as ‘hugely exciting’.
Read more
Christian Aid welcomes overseas aid pledge
October 20 2010 - Christian Aid today warmly welcomed the government’s pledge to stand by its commitment of contributing 0.7 per cent of gross national income to overseas aid from 2013.
Read more
Christian Aid Scotland and Church of Scotland launch joint tax report
October 18 2010 - Christian Aid Scotland and the Church of Scotland today launched a joint report to raise awareness of the billions lost to developing countries from tax evasion and avoidance.
Read more
Inequality not food shortages, fuel the food crisis
October 15 2010 - More than a billion people across the world will go to bed hungry on Saturday, the day the United Nations has designated World Food Day.
Read more
Rev Jesse Jackson calls on MPs to give ‘Power to the Poor’
October 14 2010 - American civil rights activist, the Reverend Jesse Jackson, will be in London on Wednesday 20 October to back Christian Aid’s lobby of Parliament, aimed at moving climate change and global tax transparency up the political agenda.
Read more
