AT LEAST 400 people from York are believed to have been among the 200,000 who took part in the Make Poverty History march in Edinburgh on Saturday.

Among those who travelled up from York was MP Hugh Bayley who told a rally: "Today is a good start, but it is only the beginning."

He said: "I think the world leaders will make a start - the EU has pledged to double aid by 2010. But that alone won't be enough.

"Progress has been made in aid and debt, but the third part of the Make Poverty History campaign is for a change in the terms of trade.

"The Common Agricultural Policy in Europe provides massive subsidies - we subsidise every cow in Europe to the tune of two euros a day. Half the people in Africa live on less than two euros a day. We have to cut our subsidies, and the Americans and Japanese must be made to do the same."

Today, Chancellor Gordon Brown said he was "incredibly proud of Britain" following the weekend Live8 spectacular in Hyde Park, London and eight other venues across the world. He said Britain had led the world in sending out a message to end world poverty.

Updated: 10:37 Monday, July 04, 2005