Federal Tax & Bailout 2008

International agency Oxfam today welcomed action by the UK government in response to the crisis caused by rising global food prices but said that not all the money announced was new, and that definitive action was needed on biofuels. Oxfam’s Director of Policy, Phil Bloomer, who is attending a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown today, said: “Food price rises pose a significant threat to poor people in developing countries, many of whom spend more than half their income on food a

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