Month: April 2011
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Labour launches International Development Policy Review
Today Labour launches its International Development policy review. The review is made up of one working group which will oversee the process and advise the Shadow International Development team and six taskforces working on specific development issues. Harriet Harman MP, Labour’s Shadow International Development Secretary, said: “The Labour Party’s commitment to reducing poverty in the…
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David Morrissey says ‘Keep the Promise’
At the Gleneagles summit in 2005, the G8 countries made a promise: their aid budgets would be increased to 0.7% of their national income. Now, just 6 years later, there are already signs that some of those countries are failing to live up to their word. The Labour Party, with Harriet Harman at the helm…
Labour Campaign for International Development 