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Blog post: Making the Case for Intervention in RBS

Here’s a puzzler: what is the UK’s biggest contributor to climate change? Did you answer coal? Good guess, but no. Transport? It’s a biggy for sure, but not the largest. Farming? A distant fourth.

Give up? OK, Britain’s number one contributor is… the banking industry! And top of the list within the sector is the taxpayers’ very own, and much unloved, Royal Bank of Scotland.

New legal action over latest RBS bail out

Last November's £25 billion cash injection deemed 'unlawful' by WDM and the Treasury's intervention in bankers' bonuses strengthens our case.

Bankers' resistance to regulation prompts new call for financial transaction tax

Bankers resisting plans to cut bonuses and reform the sector at the World Economic Forum have inspired anti-poverty campaigners to renew demands for a financial transaction tax to reduce global inequality.

Blog post: World Trade Organisation's latest attempt to defuse resistance

Earlier this week, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) announced a new programme to support teaching on trade policy and ‘WTO-related matters’ in universities in developing countries. This programme would fund teaching, research and outreach on trade issues à la WTO.

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Events

WDM campaigner training days

During 2010, we're organising a series of free training days to help local groups and activists to campaign more effectively.

London to Paris cycle ride

Experience the ride of a lifetime! Cycle from London to Paris in 2010 and raise money to support WDM's campaigns.

The WAVE

The WAVE on 5th December was a huge success. More than 50,000 people in total marched in London, Glasgow and Belfast in support of the demand for a 40% reduction in emissions from industrialised countries by 2020.

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