Alex Salmond calls on David Cameron to "speak up" for the measure
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Oxfam has urged the Chancellor to use next week's budget to raise new tax revenues from those who can afford it, not make further cuts from those who can't.
The charity believes George Osborne should introduce more progressive taxation policies to raise new revenues from wealthy individuals and use the proceeds to limit cuts to public services and the welfare system.
The call comes as politicians, policy-makers, commentators...
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Oxfam is demonstrating to the financial industry that investments in developing countries can deliver both social and financial returns.
It comes with the creation of a unique investment opportunity. The Small Enterprise Impact Investment Fund (SEIIF) will be unveiled in Edinburgh this morning (Thursday).
The fund - the first of its kind - will invest in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries and aims...
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