About

Labour Campaign for International Development is a group for all those committed to a world without poverty & injustice.

Labour Campaign for International Development aims to:

1. To lobby the Labour Party and the Labour Government to keep international development high on the agenda, and raise awareness on international development issues among Party members.
2. To re-engage people who have turned to single issues campaigns back into the Labour Party and the political process, by demonstrating that it is only the Labour & Co-operative Parties who can deliver on international development.
3. To provide members with opportunities to network and influence Labour Party policy on international development, and in particular shape the manifesto for the next General Election.
4. To share the ideas & policies, events and campaigns of organisations within the Labour movement working on international development, such as The Co-operative Party, Labour Students & Young Labour, Trade Unions, The Fabians, SERA etc
5. To share the ideas & policies, events and campaigns of civil society organisations working on international development, such as Oxfam, Action Aid, People & Planet, Save the Children and Christian Aid, The Fairtrade Foundation, Tearfunt, End Water Poverty
6. To support and build links with Labour and Co-operative movements around the global campaigning against poverty.

Labour for International Development is is a new group we are looking to launch in the next few months, and we’d really like your help running the group – so if you are interested in getting involved, please email David Taylor at david@lcid.org.uk.

We are independent of the Labour Party or any non-governmental organisation.

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About our Contributors

All our contributors write on this blog in a personal capacity and do not represent the views of the Labour Party or the organisations they are employed by.

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David Taylor| david@lcid.org.uk | @DavidTaylor85

David is Chair of Labour Campaign for International Development. He is member of the Co-operative Party Youth NEC and Political & Policy Officer for London Young Labour. He formerly worked as a Campaigner for Oxfam and Wada Na Todo (the national campaign against poverty in India), and as a student activist with People & Planet on Fairtrade.

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Tim Nicholls | @Tim_Nicholls

Tim is a Law graduate and spent 2007-2008 in Toronto studying for his Masters in Law in the areas of international development and human rights. Returning to the UK, he joined the Labour Party. He is currently getting himself involved in his local party and also works on the campaign for Labour in Rochford and Southend.

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James Anthony | james-unison.blogspot.com

James is a member of the UNISON National Executive Council representing the West Midlands and represents the affiliated Trade Unions on the Young Labour National Committee.

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Dan Sleat

Daniel is a Labour Party activist currently working for Andrew Judge, Labour PPC for Wimbledon.