Author: David Taylor
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Keep the Promise
At our Reception in Parliament tonight, Rt Hon Harriet Harman and the Shadow DFID team will launch with the Labour Campaign for International Development the “Keep the .7/2013 promise” campaign. The Keep the .7/2013 Promise” campaign sends a clear message about the importance of meeting the UK’s commitment to spending .7% of national income on aid…
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Harriet Harman ups pressure on Tories over delay in implementing the Bribery Act
This article was written by Left Foot Forward Harriet Harman today stepped up the pressure on international development secretary Andrew Mitchell over the government’s delay in implementing the Bribery Act. The Act was originally due to come into law last October, was then put back to this April, and this week it was announced by the Ministry of Justice that it would…
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Growing the Aid Budget at a time of deficit reduction: moral imperative and political challenge
Ahead of Rt Hon Harriet Harman’s speech to the LSE tonight, here are some key excerpts of the speech. The speech will be at 6.30pm at the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, tickets free. A Fragile Commitment While the Liberal party, and the SDP and then the Lib Dems, supported the 0.7%, the Tories support…
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The Pope’s visit – how LCID broke the story back in November
Originally appeared on Left Foot Forward Why did DfID spend £2m on the Pope’s visit to the UK? A Written Ministerial Statement today reveals that the Department for International Development (DfID) spent nearly £2m on the Pope’ssuccessful visit to the UK. The document states that £1.85m was transferred to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office “in respect of the…
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Why is the government delaying the Bribery Act?
This article was first posted on Left Foot Forward One of the last acts of the Labour government was to pass the Bribery Act 2010, which should enable courts to respond more effectively to bribery both at home but also abroad. It was passed with support from all parties, who acknowledged the UK needed to…
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Harriet Harman on the Haiti earthquake one year on
Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, has released the following statement on the first anniversary of the devastating Haiti earthquake. Following the earthquake in Haiti last year, the then Labour government provided £20 million of humanitarian support to Haiti, mostly for emergency interventions over the first six months.…
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LCID reaction to Report on Labour’s Education record
The difficulty of being part of a political party is that sometimes you stand accused of being too tribal, too colour-blind, too willing to defend the party line. LCID it is not beyond criticising and critiquing the Labour Party’s own policy and record, but we will defend it passionately when we think it has come under…
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A message from Gordon Brown
A message from Gordon Brown to LCID supporters Dear friends, Earlier this week I released a manifesto for Jobs + Justice (available here) The basic argument is encapsulated in the extract below: “The re-entry of the moral claim into economic policy—the revival of political economy—is what makes me confident that the argument for a global growth…
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Gordon Brown + Avaaz to G20: Green Jobs and Stimulus Now
[YouTube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHAibPjXnA4] Above: Gordon Brown sends an urgent message with the global online movement Avaaz, recorded in Bhalswa slum in Delhi, India This week, we could turn the tide of the global recession which is threatening progress on everything we care about, including strong action on climate change. It has already plunged 100 million people into…
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LCID International Development debate in Leeds with Hilary Benn
by Emma Hoddinott, Yorkshire & Humber rep on Labour’s National Policy Forum Accountability, the role of the private sector, trade, smart aid, health, governance and a Robin Hood Tax were just some of the topics covered in a two hour public debate on International Aid in Leeds. Though there was a danger of consensus breaking…
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