Leaders of the richest economies of the world have been quick to bail out the banks. The total of bank bailouts to date is $18 trillion. Yet pledges of aid to developing countries are now under threat as some of these countries slash their aid budgets.
In an open letter in The Times and The Guardian, high profile personalities and businessmen and women called on G8 leaders not to renege on their promises of aid to developing countries and announced the launch of our fundraising appeal, which, along with ActionAids around the world, aims to raise £54 million over three years.
Signatories:
BILL NIGHY
GEORGE MONBIOT
VICTORIA WOOD, CBE
ALAN RICKMAN, ACTOR
ARTHUR SMITH, COMEDIAN AND WRITER
BENJAMIN ZEPHANIAH, POET, ACTOR
CAROL ANNE DUFFY, CBE, FRSL, POET LAUREATE
DAMON ALBARN, MUSICIAN
DAVID AARONOVITCH, JOURNALIST
DAVID GILMOUR, CBE, MUSICIAN
DUSTIN HOFFMAN, ACTOR
EMMA THOMPSON, ACTOR AND SCREENWRITER
GAEL GARCIA BERNAL, ACTOR, AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST
GORDON RODDICK, SOCIAL ACTIVIST AND ENTREPRENEUR
HARI KUNZRU, NOVELIST
HUGH DENNIS, ACTOR AND COMEDIAN
IRVINE WELSH, NOVELIST
JAMES McAVOY, ACTOR
JAMES PUREFOY, ACTOR
JAN RAVENS, ACTOR AND IMPRESSIONIST
JANE SEYMOUR, OBE, ACTOR
JO BRAND, COMEDIAN
JOHN PILGER, AUTHOR AND JOURNALIST
JONATHAN PRYCE, CBE, ACTOR
JULIE WALTERS, CBE, ACTOR
KEN LOACH, FILM DIRECTOR
KEVIN SPACEY, ACTOR AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OLD VIC
KIRSTY YOUNG, BROADCASTER
KWAME KWEI-ARMAH, PLAYWRIGHT AND ACTOR
LYNNE FRANKS, AUTHOR AND PR
MARIO TESTINO, PHOTOGRAPHER
MARK RONSON, MUSIC PRODUCER
MATTHEW TAYLOR, CHIEF EXECUTIVE, RSA
MIKE LEIGH, OBE, DIRECTOR OF FILM AND THEATRE
MIRIAM MARGOLYES, ACTOR
MORGAN SPURLOCK, DIRECTOR
NAN SLOANE, DIRECTOR CENTRE FOR WOMEN AND DEMOCRACY
NEAL LAWSON, POLITICAL COMMENTATOR AND CHAIR OF COMPASS
NIGEL HAVERS, ACTOR
PROFESSOR NOAM CHOMSKY, POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER
PAUL LAVERTY, SCREENWRITER
PETER GABRIEL, MUSICIAN
PROFESSOR A. C. GRAYLING, PHILOSOPHER
RICHARD CURTIS, CBE, SCREENWRITER AND FILM DIRECTOR
RORY BREMNER, FKC, IMPRESSIONIST AND PLAYWRIGHT
SAM TAYLOR-WOOD, CONCEPTUAL ARTIST
SHABANA AZMI, ACTOR AND ACTIVIST
SIR RANULPH FIENNES, OBE, EXPLORER
SIR ROGER MOORE, KBE, ACTOR
SIR TREVOR McDONALD, OBE, BROADCASTER
SOPHIE OKONEDO, ACTOR
STEPHEN FRY, ACTOR AND DIRECTOR
SUSIE ORBACH, PSYCHOTHERAPIST AND AUTHOR
TERRY JONES, ACTOR, FILM DIRECTOR AND AUTHOR
TONY BENN, AUTHOR AND POLITICIAN
TONY ROBINSON, ACTOR AND BROADCASTER
TRACEY EMIN, ARTIST, COMEDIAN, ACTOR AND WRITER
VIGGO MORTENSEN, ACTOR
YASMIN ALIBHAI-BROWN, JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR
