CAFOD welcomes new government

Christine Allen

Source: CAFOD

The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development has issued the following statement in response to this morning's UK election result. Christine Allen, Director of CAFOD, said:

"We welcome our new government who take power at a critical time of growing global inequality and multiple crises, both domestically and internationally.

"We face a global debt crisis with 3 billion people living in nations where debt payments exceed their spending on education and health. The Labour party has a strong tradition of action on global debt, they answered the call of the Jubilee year in 2000 as we hope they will do for the Jubilee year 2025 by supporting fair debt settlements through UK law.

We hope we can work urgently with the new government to act on Sudan where 750,000 people are on the brink of famine with millions more displaced and in Gaza which is desperate for a just and peaceful solution to the conflict and urgent humanitarian assistance.

Pope Francis has called politics a "lofty vocation" we look forward to working with the new government and all new Members of Parliament to ensure we heed his call to work for the common good and be "good Samaritans and not indifferent bystanders".

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CAFOD: https://cafod.org.uk/