Author: Steve Cockburn
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The other conference. The one about global poverty.
by Steve Cockburn. First published for Progress Online. Last week 100+ heads of state (and Nick Clegg) gathered for the UN Millennium Development Goals summit, to set out what they would do over the next five years to meet criticalpromises on poverty they made ten years ago, such as cutting by two-thirds the number of children…
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Why lives depend on more dirty politics
LCID member Steve Cockburn’s article for Progress on World Water Day, arguing that we’ve failed to learn the lessons of Victorian Britain when it comes to improving health in the world’s poorest countries. Original article here. If ever asked to explain the value of politics and popular campaigning in improving people’s welfare, two historical examples…
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LCID manifesto submission: fighting poverty in a 4th term
Labour Campaign for International Development has now formally submitted its policy paper to Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and coordinator of the Labour’s forthcoming General Election Manifesto. While noting the progress made by successive Labour Governments, we call for Labour to meet and exceed its commitments to the world’s…
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After Uganda, a new global front for equalities?
Below is an article from LCID member Steve Cockburn on Progress Online – see original post As a petition is handed to the speaker of the Ugandan parliament today against an anti-gay bill what else can Britain do to stand up for LGBT rights across the globe? Eight years ago I fell in love with…
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What is a “socialist Anne Robinson with pom-poms” when it’s at home?
Review of our Launch for Progress Online by LCID exec member and anti-poverty campaigner Steve Cockburn With a deficit to reduce and public services to protect, why should progressives care about Labour’s commitment to increase aid and work to end global poverty? The answer at the launch of the Labour Campaign for International Development last…
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Effective Aid: Building states, supporting citizens, transforming lives
Since the release of Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid, cynics have been lining up to call for the aid system to be overhauled or abandoned completely. Sajid Javid’s blog, rapturously received on Conservative Home, is but the latest to use lazy assumptions and selective evidence to pursue ideologically driven policies that would hurt communities across the…
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