Month: September 2012
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LCID at Labour Party Conference
We’re excited to announce our biggest ever programme of events for this year’s Annual Conference in Manchester. We’re delighted to be linking up with so many great organisations, and are particularly pleased that Save the Children have asked us to partner with them for their annual reception. Here is the full programme! Sunday 30th September…
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Never Again: Britain must influence Rwanda
By Baroness Oona King “We should not forget the devastating conflict in eastern DRC that has been dubbed Africa’s First World War. Most of all, we should not fund it.” When people think of Rwanda they usually think of genocide – or, if they’ve visited, maybe the Garden of Eden. Rwanda’s beauty seems at odds with…
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Labour accuses Tories of hypocrisy over spending on foreign aid consultants
Responding to the news that Justine Greening is to probe DfID’s use of consultants, Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis stated: “From day one in Government the Tories have instructed DfID officials to massively increase the amount of funding being spent via private companies including consultants. This has nothing to do with value for money and everything…
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LCID at Labour Party Conference 2012
We’re excited to announce our biggest ever programme of events for this year’s Annual Conference in Manchester. We’re delighted to be linking up with so many great organisations, and are particularly pleased that Save the Children have asked us to partner with them for their annual reception. Here is the full programme! Sunday 30th September…
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Justine Greening “didn’t want International Development brief and told No.10 she didn’t believe in the budget ringfence”
Just a few days into the job and it is already being revealed that Justine Greening did not want to be International Development Secretary. Today Sam Coates at The Times has reported that did not want the International Development brief and told No.10 she didn’t believe in the budget ringfence. Three sources told The Times that Ms Greening…
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Reshuffle: DFID: Mitchell’s record, and the challenges facing Greening
First posted on Left Foot Forward. As Justine Greening is announced as the new international development secretary following today’s reshuffle, it is worth pausing to reflect on the record of her outgoing predecessor Andrew Mitchell. Some in the development sector have been quick to praise Mitchell. First, for having defended DFID against the vocal critics…
Labour Campaign for International Development 