Pressure works. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed UK representative Tom Scholar at the World Bank over the possible delays to debt cancellation. A last minute decision by the World Bank averted delays that could have seen poor countries wait up to 2 years after Gleneagles to get debt relief. Tom Scholar wrote to us recognising the power of the campaign. Read more

But the campaign continues, and next week Gordon Brown travels to Washington to the annual spring meetings of the World Bank and IMF.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF ONLY THREE OPPORTUNITIES THIS YEAR TO GET THE WORLD’S LEADERS TO TAKE ACTION ON DEBT.