Labour sources say the five-year £5.5bn initiative is the party's most substantial manifesto pledge to date, coming on top of previous commitments to reverse cuts to housing benefit and to reinstate the 10p tax rate.
For leaders to speak at the Obama summit, they will have to make substantial new pledges to either take in more refugees, do more to help those who have already arrived or give much greater assistance to host countries in the developing world, where 86% of the world's refugees live.
While the United States, China and the European Union have made substantial new pledges to cut emissions, they fall short of what is required.
PYONGYANG, 27 March 2003 - Three United Nations agencies today welcomed a substantial pledge of support by the Republic of Korea for emergency feeding and healthcare programmes to assist millions of vulnerable children, women and elderly people in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
U.N. hails South Korean support for aid programmes in North Thursday, 27 March 2003 - Three United Nations agencies today welcomed a substantial pledge of support by the Republic of Korea for emergency feeding and healthcare programmes to assist millions of vulnerable children, women and elderly people in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
(Press release) U.N. hails South Korean support for aid programmes in North Thursday, 27 March 2003 - Three United Nations agencies today welcomed a substantial pledge of support by the Republic of Korea for emergency feeding and healthcare programmes to assist millions of vulnerable children, women and elderly people in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
But more generally, the importance of self-employment and entrepreneurship for an economy and its growth is such that several countries (such as Germany, Portugal or the USA) provide visa benefits to arriving immigrants who pledge to invest substantial amounts and/or create new jobs in the host country.
Many effective altruists pledge to give away substantial portions of their income – the most common fraction being 10percentt.
Many effective altruists pledge to give away substantial portions of their income the most common fraction being 10percentt (which parallels the old concept of tithing to one's church).
On each occasion, the company paid a substantial fine and pledged to change — then returned to the same type of behavior.
