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Britain’s response to the financial crisis - WDM's letter to the prime minister about the financial crisis

This letter acts as a summary of the World Development Movement's views on the financial crisis, with detailed suggestions on how policy can be reshaped to build a fair global economy, one all people can benefit from.

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2013

Two years of concerted campaigning by WDM results in Barclays, the UK's biggest player in food speculation and one of the top three globally, announcing that it will no longer trade in food for speculative purposes.

2012

Following a prolonged campaign by a coalition of Scottish NGOs and local pressure groups including WDM Scotland, plans for a new coal-fired power station in Hunterston, North Ayrshire are shelved.

2011

After concerted lobbying by WDM supporters, French oil company Total postpones plans to mine tar sands deposits in one of the poorest regions of Madagascar.

2011

The UK government puts £10 million of its climate finance towards the UN Adaptation Fund, and agrees to give the majority of its funds to the World Bank's climate adaptation fund as grants rather than loans.

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