Responding to the Autumn Statement, Christian Aid’s Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns Director Osai Ojigho said:
“When people right across the globe are struggling with the daily consequences of increasing hunger, conflict and the climate crisis, today’s Autumn Statement is absent of hope.
“Had we seen leadership today, we would have seen a Chancellor adopt a ‘polluter pays’ principle to raising taxes on fossil fuel giants and the extremely wealthy to tackle the climate crisis. We would have seen a Chancellor tackle global inequality by agreeing to legislation to get debts cancelled for the poorest countries.
“We didn’t see leadership today. It leaves people to ask how the government’s new international development strategy, published this week, will be realised.”
ENDS.
