Bono and Bob Geldof are among the celebs who have added their signatures to an open letter to Tony Blair and Gordon Brown calling on the UK government to increase aid to poverty-stricken countries. The letter coincides with a government spending review to decide UK budgets and aid for the next three years.
Commenting on the letter, Oxfam's Justin Forsyth told reporters: "Next year Blair and Brown are poised to lead a breakthrough on reducing poverty but they must lay the groundwork now by making sure there is money in the bank to fund it. Tony Blair has said he wants to focus on aid development and poverty next year - but if we don't pressure them to act now, it will be all rhetoric and no action."