Sophie Powell
@sophiepow_ll
UK Politics and Policy at Christian Aid; views ‘my own’ or stolen from someone
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22-03-2017 21:50:37
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🔥Our own director Tasneem Essop 🇿🇦 delivered a searing speech as world leaders arrived in Dubai for the second day. "There can be no climate justice without human rights." x.com/canintl/status… (3/)
Proud to join Christian Aid War on Want and Oxfam today in calling for an immediate ceasefire in The Times and The Sunday Times 👇🏽 Until the UK Government calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and suspends its arms sales to Israel, it is complicit in the slaughter of innocent civilians
Dear Rishi Sunak and David Cameron, ❗️ Until the UK Government calls for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and suspends arms sales to Israel, it is complicit in the slaughter of innocent civilians taking place daily in Gaza. (1/2) #CeasefireNOW
More poverty of ideas from today’s budget. We need ambitious measures to tax extreme wealth and polluting companies, to invest in tackling poverty in the UK and globally. It’s perfectly possible + there’s public support for it. It’s really not that complicated. Christian Aid
❗ 34 African countries spend more on external #debt payments than on #health or #education. 📣 Gordon Brown: 'Debt restructuring is a matter of life and death'. Read our latest report: caid.org.uk/ATE 🧵 1/3
As Christian Aid’s new report reveals Africa is facing the worst debt crisis in a generation, Sophie Powell explores what has gone wrong since the successful debt cancellations of the 1990s and 2000s and how the UK can put things right. Find out more: bit.ly/3RaTmYn
"If change was the theme of the election that took Labour into government, urgency is the measure by which it will need to govern." With the King's Speech tomorrow, Sophie Powell of Christian Aid shares what she hopes to see from the new government 👇 ibt.org.uk/blog/the-world…
"The false choice of responding to poverty at home and fulfilling our responsibilities to the poorest people should be firmly put in the dustbin of history. We can do both." Excellent new piece by Christian Aid on what the new government should prioritise on the global stage
Pleased to represent the APPG on the UN Global Goals at a meeting on #debtjustice for the world’s poorest. 3.3bn people live in countries that spend more on debt interest than health & education. Thank you christianaid CAFOD & Debt Justice for your continued advocacy.
Yesterday in Parliament hosted by Sam Rushworth MP, Christian Aid alongside Debt Justice and CAFOD held an event on the Global Debt Crisis
Great christianaid CAFOD Debt Justice Parliamentary event hosted by @samjrushworth on how best to prevent African countries spending more on repayments than on healthcare. Excellent speeches Jason Rosario Braganza Jessica Toale MP Heidi Chow Sarah Champion BishopSarah Damon Silvers