Oxfam and the 2010 general election
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Throughout the 2010 General Election campaign, Oxfam supporters have been very busy. They’ve been doing it all – attending hustings, meeting candidates, running street stalls, organising petitions and writing letters.
As parties deal with the uncertainty of a hung parliament this campaigning has been vital - whilst certainty about the next government may be delayed, the problems facing the world are not, and you've helped make sure that the people who are now MPs have heard about the things that concern you. Now we want to see action.
Oxfam will continue to call for:
- A law to ensure that 0.7% of national income is spent on aid each year by 2013
- A fair, ambitious and binding international deal on climate change
- International finance to help developing countries adapt to climate change and cut emissions, which is not raided from existing aid commitments
- A Robin Hood Tax - a small tax on financial transations to raise money for development, climate change and tackling poverty here at home
And there are plenty of other vital issues that MPs need to get their teeth into, too. Concluding an arms trade treaty, for instance, and investing in smallholder farmers overseas to ensure people have enough food to eat. With the review of the Millenium Development Goals on the horizon this September, we also want MPs to push the new government to show real global leadership in making sure rich governments are held to account against their aid promises.
We made ourselves heard in the election campaign - but now the real work begins.
