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Governments need to take urgent action to combat inequality -Oxfam

Governments need to take urgent action to tackle rising inequality which emerged over the COVID-19 crisis with a surge in energy and food prices ramping up pressures on millions of people around the world, Oxfam said on Monday.

Reuters

World's billionaires have grown richer over pandemic than previous 23 years

Charity Oxfam claims there are now 2,668 billionaires in the world, 573 more than in 2020 and they are collectively worth an estimated £10.2trillion

Daily Mirror

Food and energy billionaires $453bn richer than two years ago, finds Oxfam

While elite gather in Davos, charity calls for wealth tax after rich benefit from soaring energy and food prices

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World faces ‘unprecedented’ wave of hunger as Ukraine harvests worse than feared

Fears of famine grow as war slashes Ukrainian grain production by half, threatening vital exports

The Independent UK

Truss wants reassurance over ‘appalling’ behaviour before lifting Oxfam aid ban

The UK suspended aid funding to the charity in April 2021 following sexual misconduct claims against staff.

The Independent UK

Rare Palestinian Banknote Sold for 140,000 Pounds in Auction

Paul Wyman was volunteering in the Brentwood's Oxfam branch when he noticed in a package of donated goods, an odd-looking banknote of £100 Palestine pounds issued in 1920, Britain's The Daily Mail reported. Wyman, who located the note, chose not to put it on the shelves and instead called an…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Rare banknote found in Oxfam charity shop sells for £140,000

Paul Wyman was in disbelief when the note sold for 1,400 times its original value

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Rare £100 banknote found in charity shop sells at auction for £140,000

Paul Wyman was working as a volunteer at the Oxfam store when he came across the nearly 100-year-old banknote in a donation box.

Daily Record

Rare banknote found in charity shop sells for 1,400 times its original value

Paul Wyman found the rare banknote in an Oxfam shop and thought it looked a little unusual, but he had no idea it would be worth so much until it went under the hammer

Daily Mirror

Rare £100 note sells for staggering sum at auction

Proceeds will go to Oxfam’s work in east Africa and Ukraine, charity says

The Independent UK

Rare £100 note found in charity shop sells for £140,000

Fewer than ten of these banknotes are known to exist

Wales Online

Half a tonne of unwanted clothes is dumped in landfill across Ireland every minute - how we can stop fast fashion

That’s why we’re taking a dive into fast fashion and solutions out there as part of our Reach for Zero campaign

Irish Mirror

Priti Patel’s controversial immigration plans pass through parliament despite warnings of harm to refugees

‘Despicable’: Aid charities warn of suffering for those fleeing war and persecution

The Independent UK

Reach for Zero: Fashion is a huge climate issue - but you can help

Renting, mending and buying second hand all make a difference

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The Guardian - UK

Waterstones launches scheme to raise £1m for Ukraine

Bernardine Evaristo and Jasper Fforde are among the authors whose books will be sold to raise money for Oxfam’s appeal

Salon

Billionaire wealth grows 62% in 2 years

Billionaires now own a combined $4.7 trillion in wealth, much of which goes completely untaxed

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Russia using weapons ‘smuggled by Iran’ in Ukraine

Anti-tank missiles and RPG’s are being supplied through undercover networks via Iraq, militia there say. Plus, how sonic pollution hurts marine life

The Guardian - UK

Quarter of a billion people now face extreme poverty, warns Oxfam

Charity calls for debt cancellations for poorest countries to counter ‘worst collapse into poverty in memory;

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The Guardian - UK

More than 250m people could be pushed into extreme poverty in 2022 – Oxfam

Surge in global food prices, ongoing impact of Covid and rising global inequality threaten the poorest

The Independent UK

A designer ‘mega market’ is coming to London’s Notting Hill

Fashion director and stylist Bay Garnett to sell vintage pieces from her own collection

Evening Standard

The ultimate fashion charity shop sale is coming to Notting Hill

Want to bag a piece of Kate Moss’ wardrobe and raise money for people in Ukraine and elsewhere? Head to Bay Garnett’s charity sale, says Joe Bromley

Al Jazeera

Oxfam, others: West Africa facing worst food crisis in a decade

About 27 million people already suffer from hunger. That could rise to 38 million by June unless urgent action is taken.

The Independent UK

West Africa has worst food crisis in decade, aid groups say

A group of international aid organizations says West Africa is facing its worst food crisis in a decade due to increasing conflict, drought, flooding and the war in Ukraine that is affecting food prices and worsening an already disastrous situation

The Guardian - UK

Leslie Durham obituary

Other lives: Charity worker and prolific artist who designed Oxfam’s first Christmas cards

France 24

Global action needed on East Africa hunger crisis, Oxfam says

In tonight's edition: Widespread hunger across East Africa could become "a catastrophe" without funds to the region's most vulnerable communities, aid agency Oxfam warns. Droughts in the region are also affecting Africa's water security. As the World Water Forum continues in Dakar, researchers say a holistic approach is needed for…

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