Month: September 2010
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Wednesday 29th
Into the home straight, but still no shortage of events to attend today. Ed Miliband MP might be joining the earlier starters at the Climate Climate @ The Cube at 8am for Labour and Climate Change: Maintaining Leadership Lunchtime (12.45pm) means an awkward decision to make between; Can we ever make poverty history? A Q+A…
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How we reported Britain in World debate on twitter
LCID was in the hall this morning for the Britain in the World session. We tweeted throughout as @LabourCID. Here’s what we had to say. In the hall for Britain in the World which is about to start at #lab10 – LCID hopes to get called to ask a question later While we waited for…
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Tuesday 28th
It’s an even earlier start on Tuesday morning, with the International Breakfast: Europe in the World: Actions to Match Ambitions at 8.30am in Manchester Central, Charter 3. Given the importance of the EU in setting trade, development and environment policy, we’ll be listening with interest (while nibbling away on a croissant!). Then nothing until the…
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Monday 27th
International Development will get its moment in the spotlight this morning when Shadow Secretary of State, Douglas Alexander MP addresses conference as part of the Britain in the World plenary session (Conference Hall from 9am). Once the speeches are over lunchtime has a solidarity theme to it, with Parliamentary Friends of Colombia hosting Colombia: The…
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Congratulations to Ed Miliband
LCID congratulates Ed Miliband MP on becoming the new leader of the Labour Party. We look forward to working with the former Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change to ensure global poverty stays high on the parties agenda in the coming years. During the Leadership campaign we asked Ed about his views on…
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Sunday 26th
The fringe programme kicks off and the highlight for LCID is Fighting Poverty in the ‘No-Money era’: Could Robin Hood protect the poor and the Planet? Hosted by Oxfam and the TUC at 6pm in Manchester Central, Central 4. LCID has been campaigning in support of a Robin Hood Tax for the last year, and…
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An Obama blockbuster, a Remastered Brown, and a Clegg B-Movie
First published on Left Foot Forward, the UK’s top left wing blog, where LCID is a regular contributor. It is difficult to get excited about a United Nations summit on the Millennium Development Goals. Difficult when we know, before a single delegate set foot off the plane in New York, that the goals are massively…
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One World Action: More Women More Power
by Marie Birchall, One World Action Did you know that 70 per cent of the world’s poorest people are women? And that despite doing more than two thirds of the world’s work, women only receive ten per cent of the world’s income and own less than one per cent of the world’s property? Here at…
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Anthony Painter: Does aid work?
Renowned Labour blogger Anthony Painter has been blogging from the UN Summit on the MDGs this week. We are pleased to carry his post here. A blog on the UN Millennium Development Goal Summit should start with a call to arms. You know the type of thing. We are at a crossroads. It’s now or…
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Conference Events on International Development & Climate Change
Going to Conference? We’ve helpfully put together a list of all the international development and climate change related fringe events taking place. You can view it in a spreadsheet here. LCID is pleased to have been invited to chair Christian Aid‘s fringe event: Beyond Aid – what role for tax in international development. Details: Date:…
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