The Labour Campaign for International Development (LCID), founded in 2009, is a Socialist Society affiliated with the Labour Party, dedicated to advocating for a world without poverty & injustice. 

Our growth has been reflected in a record number of 52 LCID-endorsed candidates in the 2024 General Election now sitting as Members of Parliament. Together, we have organised election campaigns, worked with Labour MPs to enshrine the 0.7% aid commitment into UK law in 2015, and helped shape Labour Party policy. 

Throughout the years, we have had the privilege of hosting key figures and friends of LCID, including former Prime Minister The Rt Hon Gordon Brown, The Rt Hon Baroness Harman, The Rt Hon David Lammy MP, The Rt Hon Lisa Nandy MP, former Minister for Development The Rt Hon Anneliese Dodds MP, and many others.

We support the Labour Party’s commitment to creating a world free from poverty on a liveable planet, including plans to reset relations with the Global South and focus on building genuine partnerships based on mutual respect. We are committed to pushing for policies that address global poverty, instability, and the climate and nature crises, ensuring these urgent issues are prioritised as part of Labour’s broader mission to build a fairer, more sustainable world.

Founded by David Taylor – now a Member of Parliament and honorary LCID Advisory Board Member – LCID has grown to become an active and respected advocate of international development within the Labour Party and beyond.

oUR AIMS

1. A WHOLE-OF-GOVERNMENT APPROACH TO GLOBAL JUSTICE ensuring all policy areas – tax, trade, climate, home affairs, education, business, defence, and security – tackle poverty and inequality, to deliver for the world’s poorest.
   
2. RESTORE COMMITMENT TO 0.7% SPENDING ON INTERNATIONAL AID as soon as fiscally possible, with a focus on tackling global poverty and inequality.
   
3. RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (DFID) as an innovative, ultimately independent department with a seat at the Cabinet table.
   
4. CHAMPION AND ETHICAL FOREIGN POLICY AND A PROGRESSIVE APPROACH TO HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTION rooted in human rights, international law, aligned with  the UN’s Responsibility to Protect and inspired by the legacies of Jo Cox and Robin Cook.