Author: David Taylor
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Mary Creagh – David Cameron made meeting the 0.7 per cent aid target a symbol of the change he claimed to bring to the Tory party – a change that lies in tatters –
Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Shadow International Development Secretary, responding to comments from Philip Hammond rejecting the bill to write the 0.7 per cent aid target into law, said: “On every issue, from Europe, to green energy, as soon as the Tory right wing raises its head, the Tory leadership folds like a deckchair. David Cameron…
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Their sacrifice was not in vain
As Camp Bastion, is handed over to Afghan security forces, the last British base, a very many column inches will be given over to covering the mistakes made in the Afghanistan intervention. 453 British troops gave their lives (their names are here) and 2,188 were injured in battle. We must never forget their sacrifice. But…
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Our Chair Claire Leigh’s speech to Lab14
I’m Claire Leigh, the Parliamentary Candidate for Tonbridge and Malling and the Chair of the Labour Campaign for International Development. As the most recent socialist society to affiliate to the Labour Party, LCID exists to keep international development high on the party’s agenda, and internationalism at the heart of our Labour values. International development is…
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While poverty persists, there is no true freedom.”
by Joe Walker, LCID Vice-Chair, Policy They came in their thousands, defying the African summer rain storm, to celebrate, remember and honour the man who had led the struggle for all South African’s freedom. But amongst the tributes from world leaders, there was one speaker, regarded as a ‘son of Africa’ and the most powerful…
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The Labour movement remembers Madiba
“Nelson Mandela was a supreme inspiration to us from the early 1960’s when we first campaigned against Apartheid. He showed unsurpassed courage and endurance in his fight against oppression,unequalled humanity in his guidance to South Africa and the World. He had the strength to be merciful,the wisdom to be gentle and generous.We salute those qualities…
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LCID is now affiliated to the Labour Party as a Socialist Society
We are delighted, humbled and honoured to announce that we are now an official Socialist Society affiliated to the Labour Party. Internationalism is in our Party’s DNA. From fighting alongside the socialists in the Spanish Civil War, to creating the UK’s first Ministry of Overseas Development under Harold Wilson, to campaigning against apartheid, Labour has a…
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LCID at #Lab13
LCID will be in Brighton for the Labour Party Conference. Please see below our programme of events along with some events we think will be of interest to friends of international development. As always, new members are always welcome. All friends of LCID are welcome attend our conference events. Please note that some of our events…
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Osbornomics mean the UK aid budget is £4.25 billion less than it should have been
Today’s Autumn Statement means that the UK aid budget is £4.25 billion less than expected since the 2010 election. Whilst the Conservatives’ misguided austerity drive is hurting hard working families up and down the country, this government had at least claimed that they would not be balancing the books on the back of the world’s poorest people.…
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Shadow DfID statement on Government response to IDC report
Ivan Lewis MP, Labour’s Shadow International Development Secretary, responding to the Government’s response to the International Development Committee report on tax in developing countries said: I am disappointed that the Tory-led Government has rejected the Select Committee’s recommendation to conduct an analysis of the financial impact of the revised Controlled Foreign Companies (CFC) rules on…
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LCID Statement on UK aid to India
First published on Left Foot Forward The decision on Friday to withdraw UK aid to India beyond 2015 reveals a Secretary of State for International Development who is more concerned with the whims of her own MPs and the right-wing press than the wants of one third of the world’s poorest people. It once again highlights the weak…
Labour Campaign for International Development 