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Hygiene kit distribution in Albatra IDPs Camp, Taiz, Yemen. March 2020. Credit: Wael Algadi. Oxfam

The UK is fuelling the war in Yemen, this can’t go on

Martin Butcher and Richard Stanforth

September 8th, 2020 Conflict, Emergencies, Fragile contexts

In July, the UK Government announced the resumption of new arms licences to Saudi Arabia for weapons to be used in the Yemen war. This is despite Oxfam colleagues in …

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"Taxes Sign" by efile989 is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0

In case you missed it – progress on tax justice!

Oliver Pearce

July 29th, 2020 Tax

On the face of it, this week may not appear to have been particularly auspicious for tax justice campaigners. The big story, about big money (thirteen billion euros), was that …

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How can the UK government justify arms sales that fuel the war in Yemen?

Laura Gyte

April 25th, 2019 Conflict, Food security, Humanitarian, In the news, Protection

Laura Gyte describes why Oxfam intervened in a court case brought against the UK government over arms sales. UPDATE: on 20 June the Court of Appeal ruled that UK arms …

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A twin mandate for DFID – what does this mean?

Multiple authors

November 6th, 2017 Aid, Inequality

Oxfam’s policy team present their vision for the UK’s aid programme to tackle both poverty and inequality. The Shadow Secretary of State for International Development used her first major speech …

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