Tag: Oxfam GB

New wealth of top 1% surges by over $33.9 trillion since 2015 – enough to end poverty 22 times over

Stuart Mitchell

The world’s richest one per cent increased their wealth by more than $33.9 trillion in real terms since 2015, according to new Oxfam analysis published ahead of the world’s largest development financing talks in a decade. This is more than enough to eliminate annual poverty 22 times over at the World Bank’s highest poverty line of $8.30 a day. The wealth of just 3,000 billionaires has surged $6.5 trillion in real terms since 2015, and now comprises the equivalent of 14.6 per cent of global GDP. Oxfam’s new briefing paper,…

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Richard Osman tops Oxfam chart as most-donated author of 2024 as charity celebrates record-breaking book sales

Stuart Mitchell

Best-selling author Richard Osman is the ‘most donated’ writer to Oxfam shops in 2024, as the charity celebrates a record-breaking year for book sales. The House of Games TV presenter, who has penned five murder-mystery novels including The Thursday Murder Club, which has been made into a highly-anticipated Netflix film, now joins the ranks of authors like Dan Brown and Ian Rankin, who have previously topped Oxfam’s most-donated list across the charity’s 500 shops in the UK. As well as being most-donated, Richard is also one of Oxfam’s most sold…

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Charities Deliver Safeguarding Promises

Stuart Mitchell

Following the recent International Safeguarding Summit in London, eight leading development and humanitarian organisations have published a statement setting out the concrete actions they are taking to embed the commitments made by donors and international NGOs in London across all their work.   “At ActionAidUK, CAFOD, Care International UK, Christian Aid, the International Rescue Committee UK, Oxfam GB, Plan International UK and Save the Children UK, we promise to: listen to survivors, communities and staff; prevent abuse from taking place; respond rapidly to all concerns; and learn from past mistakes and…

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