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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said today at the G20 that he expects agreement on a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) to be reached soon.

When the G20 meets in Seoul in November 2010, it has a big choice to make.

Malnutrition is up and the huge number of people suffering from chronic hunger has remained virtually the same as last year. That’s according to new Food and Agriculture Organization findings, as presented at the 43rd annual session of the Committee on World Food Security in Rome this week, which Oxfam is deeply concerned about.Thierry Kesteloot, Oxfam’s food security expert, said:"Progress against ending worldwide hunger is starting to flat-line, and could even backslide if world leaders ease up their efforts. With malnutrition up and 793 million people suffering from…

Leading actors, musicians and statesmen including actors Gael Garcia Bernal, Scarlett Johansson, Kristin Davis, Archbishop Emeritus Tutu and former President Lula of Brazil are putting out a call to fix the broken global food system, which is failing to feed nearly a billion people each day.

This report is a contribution to the Oxfam campaign ‘Grow: Food.Life.Planet’. It explores a range of scenarios for food p

Responding to President José Ma

A broken food system and environmental crises are now reversing decades of progress against hunger according to new Oxfam analysis. Tomorrow, Oxfam launches a new global campaign to ensure everyone has enough to eat always.

Millions of poor people will go without life-saving food and medicines as donor aid pledges to poor countries are breached.

Oxfam welcomed today’s vote by European Parliamentarians in support of a strong European Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) covering all instruments (shares, bonds and derivatives), as put forward by

Aid from rich nations is likely to fall by at least $9.5 billion by the end of 2012 – the biggest drop in aid for 15 years, according to new calculations by international agency Oxfam ahead of this week’s G20 Summit (Nov 3-4).