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I’ve been out of the office for a few weeks and was greeted on my first day back by news that further unrest has hit the Asian garment industry, this time in Cambodia where tens of thousands of workers are striking to demand higher wages.

First the good news: Marks & Spencer told us that it will use a method for paying workers a living wage that was developed by ActionAid and professor Doug Miller, a widely respected garment industry expert from the University of Northumbria.

There’s been rumour and speculation recently about the implications of leaked DFID documents showing that DFID will drop a number of its international commitments.

The Indian government has withdrawn permission to mine the sacred Niyamgiri hills

It's only 4 weeks until the UN poverty summit, where world leaders will look at the development promises they made in 2000.