Author: timnicholls
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David Morrissey says ‘Keep the Promise’
At the Gleneagles summit in 2005, the G8 countries made a promise: their aid budgets would be increased to 0.7% of their national income. Now, just 6 years later, there are already signs that some of those countries are failing to live up to their word. The Labour Party, with Harriet Harman at the helm…
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The Government must not water down the Bribery Act
Today, Shadow International Development Minister Rushanara Ali, spoke out over the Government’s intentions to implement the Bribery Act. She said: “Corruption hits people in the developing world hard and this Act is a crucial tool in protecting them from exploitation by unscrupulous companies. “Labour passed the 2010 Bribery Act. We welcome that, after numerous delays,…
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Today is World Water Day
Today is World Water Day, and while two fifths of the world live without adequate sanitation and one in eight have no access to safe water, it marks an important day in the international development calendar. Clean water is key to development, not only to halt the staggering loss of life due to water-borne diseases,…
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On International Women’s Day call on the Government to back up UN Women
Today is International Women’s Day, Labour is holding the Conservative-led Government to account on its promise to women around the world. This comes a week after support for UN Women was left out of the aid review. In an email, Harriet Harman asked people to ask them why: Today is International Women’s Day. Join me…
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Harriet Harman to speak at London South Bank University on remittances
Harriet Harman MP, the Shadow International Development Secretary will be giving a speech at London South Bank University on Thursday 10 March at 1pm entitled “Beyond government: the role of the diaspora and remittances in tackling global inequality” Harriet Harman will be setting out how the Labour Party is making sure that the contribution of…
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Women and Development policy review group launched
Today, on the eve of the 100th International Women’s Day, Labour launched a policy review into women and development: “Supporting the sustainable empowerment of women and girls in the developing world”. As part of the wide-ranging review of Labour Party policies, this group will look at the barriers that women across the world still face…
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Labour government refused to sell guns to repressive regime
The Wikileaks cables reveal that the UK Government refused a US$60M export licence for assault rifles, heavy machine guns, armoured personnel carriers and helicopters to be exported to Swaziland in 2008. The Swaziland government is dues to spend 10% of its budget on police and the army and has, in recent years has used force…
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Standing up for women around the world
Speaking yesterday at the start of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women, Harriet Harman took the opportunity to welcome the launch of UN Women, which was officially launched. “This is a very important meeting. It will see the official launch of UN Women and bring together women from around the world. “There can…
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Select Committee reports on DfID
In this guest post, Anas Sarwar MP writes again for LCID about the work being done on the International Development Select Committee. Last week saw the publication of the International Development Select Committee report looking into DFID’s Annual Report & Resource Accounts for 2009-2010. It offers a valuable insight into the key policy areas the…
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Harriet Harman responds to Turks and Caicos loan
The Department for International Development is set to guarantee a loan of £260 million to the Turks and Caicos Islands, which raises serious questions about the Government’s use of DfID’s budget. Responding to this, Harriet Harman said: “Following on from the revelation that DFID money was used to fund the Pope’s state visit this looks suspiciously like…
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