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Stamp Out Poverty campaigns for additional sources of finance to bridge the massive funding gap required to bring the world’s poorest people out of poverty. We are a network of more than 40 UK organisations, including Oxfam, Save the Children, Christian Aid and War on Want, pioneering initiatives such as UNITAID, which has already raised $1 billion for healthcare in developing countries.

Additional, long-term finance is needed to pay for the Millennium Development Goals to provide clean water, healthcare and education to the poorest parts of the world. A situation compounded by the financial crisis squeezing traditional aid budgets.

Our flagship campaign is for the Currency Transaction Levy (CTL). Channel 4 newsreader Jon Snow provides an excellent introduction to our work in the 10-minute film, Can Pay, Should Pay. Click here to watch it now.

Today's proposal for a CTL has its roots in the work of Nobel Laureate James Tobin. You can find out more about the proposal's history here.


 
How UK/French support could mean real change:
In a month in which Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy published a joint editorial in the Wall Street Journal singing the praises of a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) we reflect on a month that has brought our issue into the mainstream
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Brown Champions Tax on Banks:
After 10 years of campaigning, a day some thought impossible has arrived: the UK government - and Gordon Brown himself - are calling for a tax on the banking sector
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Record Breaking Bonuses Return:
Wall Street bank JP Morgan Chase has beaten all expectations with third quarter profits of £2.25 billion. Goldman Sachs is set to pay a record-breaking £14 billion in bonuses - the highest in its history. So what has changed?
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120 NGOs worldwide say ‘¥€$ to H£ALTH’:
Over a 120 health-related NGO's from across the globe have today launched a declaration calling for a Currency Transaction Levy (CTL) for Health. Their message for decision-makers is simple: say ‘¥€$ to H£ALTH’.
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