Month: February 2012
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Making the case for International Development
Rory Weal, a member of the Young Fabians, tackles the negative spin on International Development. Since 1997 Labour helped lift 3 million people out of poverty each year, helped to get some 40 million more children into school and improved water or sanitation services for over 1.5 million people. Since 1997 the UK development budget…
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Building a better future with Somalia
Rushanara Ali MP, shadow minister for international development, writes that she is “pleased to see the renewed focus from the international community on the future of Somalia, but we must ensure that this focus delivers what the ordinary people of Somalia want and need”. Somalia today is a country with some of the worst human development…
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Just as we dismantle our NHS, India is trying to build theirs
First published on Left Foot Forward There is a debate raging on Britain’s aid to India following the recent reports on remarks by India’s finance minister that India did not require the aid. Much to the delight of the right in this country, he told the Indian parliament that the aid we give is “peanuts.” Though remarks…
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Shadow International Development newsletter
The Shadow International Development team are now publishing a fortnightly newsletter – to view this month’s and sign up view it here. Don’t forget to sign up to LCID’s own email list by clicking here. Among the highlights of the Shadow team’s newsletter is this video blog from Ivan Lewis from his recent trip to…
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Resource security in a rapidly changing world
On Thursday Ivan Lewis gave the keynote address to the WWF and RGS “Navigating the perfect storm: the international challenge of food, water and energy security” seminar. Outlining Labour’s approach to the issue of resource security he said; Because we accept that there is a need for a joined up, cross departmental approach we are determined to lead by…
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Ivan Lewis MP on recent visit to Tanzania
Shadow Secretary of State, Ivan Lewis MP writes for Huffington Post on a recent visit to Tanzania with ActionAid. For a country like Tanzania, support for the improvement of healthcare systems and educational provision is crucial, but it is also crucial that we empower people and give them the power to build themselves a better…
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Left Foot Forward on Tory delays on passing 0.7% law
Left Foot Forward reports on the Tory-led government delay in enshrining the 0.7% target in law. Reminding readers that, it’s not the first time that the Tories have broken this commitment; As Left Foot Forward reported on June 4th 2010, just weeks after the election, it’s a promise the Tories failed to immediately deliver once they’d made it…
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Tories break manifesto commitment to legislate on aid spending
Today’s Sun reveals that legislation to ensure Britain meets the UN goal of 0.7 per cent spending on international aid will be delayed despite a manifesto commitment from the Tories ahead of the 2010 election that they would; “legislate in the first session of a new Parliament to lock in this level of spending for every year from…
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