Time to Vote Global

With polling day arriving, party plans to maintain the internationally promised international development aid spending targets of 0.7% are hitting the news papers once again. We need to keep up the letters to the editor and the messages to candidates displaying that this is the right thing to do.

We also need to keep up the pressure on the wider development agenda – calling on the next government to crack down on the tax havens that rob poor countries of billions each year, to curb CO2 emissions and to introduce a Robin Hood Tax to finance measures to tackle poverty and the mitigate the effects of climate change.

Over the last month, thousands of ordinary people concerned about global issues have been attending hustings, writing letters and questioning candidates.

Now it is time to consider what you have heard, compare manifestos, and to Vote Global.