MOST people in the North-west want the Government mark the Year 2000 by scrapping the Millennium Dome and using the money to fight poverty instead.
Given the choice between using public money to build a dome or to write off Third World debts, 76pc opted for debt relief and only 15pc wanted the dome. The MORI poll was commissioned by the Catholic overseas aid agency CAFOD and the Catholic weekly newspaper The Universe.
Bolton groups of the World Development Movement and Oxfam have campaigned for years for Britain to mark the milestone by cancelling debts that are making development impossible for Third World countries.
CAFOD's North-west regional organiser, Peter Grimshaw, said: "This poll is bad news for the Government, but it may be good news for the poor. If the Government takes a long hard look at this poll, it will see that its own plans are at odds with the sentiments of the public. Like CAFOD, the public sees the millennium as an opportunity to make a lasting difference to people's lives."
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