More than 3,000 campaigners drummed out our trade justice message to the Treasury - just days before Gordon Brown and Hilary Benn jetted off to crucial IMF and World Bank meetings in Singapore. We wanted to remind Brown and Benn of the people affected by the policies of the IMF and World Bank. We are calling on Brown and Benn to cut funding to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank - until these institutions stop forcing damaging free-trade policies on poor countries.

Read our roundup of the day 
Read the stories of people who have affected by the policies of the IMF and World Bank

Hilary Benn announced that the UK government would withhold £50 million from the World Bank until it makes progress on reducing the conditions attached to its loans to poor countries. Find out more on the announcement

The annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank were held this week. Read our verdict here

On 5 December Hilary Benn released the £50 million that he had been withholding from the World Bank. Find out more 

We'll be keeping the pressure up on Brown and Benn. Watch this space for more actions.
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One year since the G8 summit in Gleneagles, thousands of campaigners took part in our campaign drumming petition.
Read our roundup of events here
Read our definitive drumming answers here