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Humanitarian system at breaking point as funding cuts force life-or-death choices

News / 13th March 2025

The UN’s top relief official has warned that the humanitarian system has reached breaking point, with funding cuts forcing life-or-death decisions over which aid programmes to sustain or shut down.

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Faith leaders blast GOP’s attacks on poor and tax cuts for the rich

Report / 6th March 2025

Faith leaders came together in Washington, D.C. to share an open letter and report calling out efforts by Republicans in Congress to rip resources away from the working class to fund tax giveaways for the ultrarich.

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A landmark recognition of tax and human rights

Blog / 3rd March 2025

The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights has just issued a much-awaited and historic statement: for the first time, it explicitly recognises that states must tackle inequality and guarantee rights through fair tax policies. 

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UK aid cuts are a symptom of our broken economic model

Article / 28th February 2025

Aid agencies across the UK are reeling from Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s surprise announcement this week to increase military spending at the expense of foreign aid, writes Maxine Betteridge-Moes.

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Only political will can end world hunger: Food isn’t scarce, but many people can’t access it

Article / 18th February 2025

Measures to address world hunger must start with its known causes and proven policies, not just ‘moonshot’ technological innovations, writes Jennifer Clapp.

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