Month: January 2011
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Could AV mean a fairer deal for the world’s poor?
LCID is not endorsing either campaign in the upcoming referendum on voting reform, however, we recognise that many people are. In this guest post, Stephen Doughty, Former Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for International Development, writes for the Yes to AV campaign about why he is backing the change. Make trade fair, drop…
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Harriet Harman to discuss the aid budget at LSE
On Thursday 3rd February, Harriet Harman, Shadow International Development Secretary will be speaking at the London School of Economics. The talk will focus on the aid budget and how, and why, the UK should honour its pledge to increase aid to 0.7 of national income in a time of economic downturn. The event is free…
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Save the Children launch ‘No child born to die’
Today, Save the Children, launched their new campaign, ‘No child born to die’. The campaign focuses on the plight of children in poverty, both in the UK and abroad. This campaign comes at a particularly important time, with the first Child Poverty strategy and the Budget due in March. We are looking to the critical…
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Harriet Harman writes to Andrew Mitchell about women’s projects in Afghanistan
Harriet Harman, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, has written to Andrew Mitchell to ask him about funding for women’s projects in Afghanistan. Here are some extracts from the letter: “I recently had the opportunity to meet with Hussn Banu Ghazanfar, the Afghan Minister for Women…. One of the issues that was raised with…
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Christian Aid calls on Mitchell to do more on climate change
There is a very interesting piece over on Left Foot Forward on Christian Aid’s new campaign which calls on the World Bank to do more to tackle climate change. You can lend your voice to Christian Aid’s and email Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, and ask him to use his position within…
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Harriet Harman calls for aid for Sri Lankan flood victims
With floods in Sri Lanka driving 39,000 people from their homes, Harriet Harman, Shadow International Development Secretary, has called for the UK and the international community to help. Though aid has begun to arrive in Sri Lanka, The Daily Mirror points out that only 6 tonnes of aid was moved on Friday. Harriet Harman said:…
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Harriet Harman on the Haiti earthquake one year on
Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, has released the following statement on the first anniversary of the devastating Haiti earthquake. Following the earthquake in Haiti last year, the then Labour government provided £20 million of humanitarian support to Haiti, mostly for emergency interventions over the first six months.…
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LCID reaction to Report on Labour’s Education record
The difficulty of being part of a political party is that sometimes you stand accused of being too tribal, too colour-blind, too willing to defend the party line. LCID it is not beyond criticising and critiquing the Labour Party’s own policy and record, but we will defend it passionately when we think it has come under…
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