Mike Hall MP

Labour Party | Weaver Vale

Mike Hall MP urges people in Weaver Vale to back global poverty promise

24 November 2009

Mike Hall MP is urging people across Weaver Vale to go online and back a new campaign to turn a promise to tackle global poverty into a law. The www.globalpovertypromise.com website is part of a campaign to put the government's promise to raise international development aid to 0.7% of national income by 2013 into legislation.

Mike Hall MP said:-

"People across Weaver Vale are proud of what we've achieved and the help we've given to people living lives of poverty in developing countries. We've campaigned to Make Poverty History and kept our promises through this global recession. I am urging people to go online and join us in backing 'globalpovertypromise.com'.

"Aid increases and debt cancellation have helped to get 40 million more children into school, while the number of people with access to AIDS treatment has increased from just 100,000 to over 4 million. The proportion of the world's population living in poverty has fallen from a third to a quarter thanks to a combination of both aid and trade."