Press releases

Press releases

This month's news and media releases.

Christian Aid welcomes PM’s aid pledge

September 29 2009 - Christian Aid welcomed Gordon Brown’s pledge to introduce legislation to force British governments to spend 0.7 per cent of GDP on international aid in his speech at the Labour Party conference.

Proof needed that ‘Washington Consensus’ is dead

September 29 2009 - The international community faced a critical question after Prime Minister Gordon Brown and US President Barack Obama announced earlier this year that the economic orthodoxy known as the Washington Consensus was dead. Would it really abandon the policies that were the orthodoxy’s mainstays?

Christian Aid working to help victims of Manila floods

September 28 2009 - Christian Aid is working to help some of the poorest people left homeless by tropical storm Ketsana after flood waters swept through the Philippine capital of Manila.

Derisory tax rates failing the world's poor

September 24 2009 - As the leaders of the rich world meet in Pittsburgh this weekend to discuss the economic crisis, Christian Aid launches a report highlighting the way in which derisory tax rates deprive poor countries of billions in lost revenue.

Major new fund needed to boost communities' climate solutions

September 22 2009 - A new multi-billion pound fund is needed to support local communities’ efforts to cope with the devastating effects of climate change, says a Christian Aid report today.

Christian Aid 'choir' delivers climate justice message to Ed Miliband

September 16 2009 - An impromptu choir made up of Christian Aid climate justice campaigners sang a ‘Coal Kills’ message to Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband outside his offices this week.

Safeguards vital to protect Ghana from tax haven abuse

September 14 2009 - A new tax haven created by the west African state of Ghana could attract tax dodgers and drug traders seeking to launder money unless safeguards are introduced, warns a report launched today.

EC shifts climate bill onto poor and vulnerable countries

September 10 2009 - European Commission proposals about how poor countries should be helped financially to deal with climate change show a ‘serious lack of ambition’ says Christian Aid.

Alternative tax awards come to city of London

September 8 2009 - Christian Aid is to deliver an Alternative Tax Award to the offices of the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) in Cannon Street, the City of London, at 9.30 am on Thursday, 10 September.

Report provides guidelines for faith-based agencies working across the religious divide

September 8 2009 - Former Prime Minister Tony Blair has endorsed a new report that explores how faith-based organisations can work more effectively across the religious divide.

TV stars take on the Great North Run for Christian Aid

September 7 2009 - Jerome Flynn (Soldier, Soldier), Tim Campbell (first ever winner of The Apprentice), Kara Tointon (most recently seen as EastEnders’ Dawn Swann) and boyfriend Joe Swash (Winner of I’m a Celebrity…2008) will dig out their training shoes and join Christian Aid’s team of 90 runners in this year’s Great North Run, to help raise vital funds for poor communities around the world.

Christian Aid urges G20 to crack down on tax dodging pinstripe 'pirates'

September 03 2009 - Pinstripe ‘pirates’ strutted their stuff aboard the Golden Hinde at Southwark today to highlight Christian Aid’s tax justice campaign. The charity is urging G20 finance ministers meeting in London this week (September 4-5) to prioritise reforms that would help developing countries counter the tax dodging activities of international companies.