Author: David Taylor
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Reminder: Members Reception tomorrow (+ directions)
Just a final reminder that tomorrow Wednesday 13 June we will be holding our reception for the Founding Members of LCID, with Shadow Secretary State Ivan Lewis MP and our Honorary Co-Presidents Rachel Reeves MP and Baroness Glenys Kinnock. The reception will start promptly at 18.30, please allow 15 minutes to get through security. Please arrive at the Cromwell Green…
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Gambling on hunger: commodity trading & food prices
Tuesday 19 June from 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM – Committee Room 8, Houses of Parliament LCID and the Co-operative Party are co-hosting this event on the transparency of commodity trading, food speculation and the price of food. In a world where a billion people do not have enough to eat, we need to sort out the…
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Come to LCID’s Members Reception
On Wednesday 13th June we will be holding our first LCID Reception with our Honorary Co-President’s Rachel Reeves MP and Baroness Glenys Kinnock – and Shadow Secretary of State Ivan Lewis MP. It will take place from 18:30-19:30 in the CPA Room, Westminister Hall, Parliament, London. We would be delighted if you were able to…
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Labour respond to the Queen’s Speech
Ivan Lewis MP and Baroness Kinnock respond strongly to the government’s omission of legalisation to enshrine the UK’s commitment to reach 0.7% aid. Ivan said; The Government’s failure to include the 0.7% aid commitment in legislation in the first Queen’s Speech breached a clear Tory manifesto commitment and a key element of the coalition agreement.…
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The Politics of Development
This article was first published by The Fabian Society. Two years ago, the G20 committed themselves to promoting inclusive and sustainable economic growth, having argued that ‘for prosperity to be sustained it must be shared.’ Yet as world leaders prepare to attend the next G20 Summit in Mexico next month, new data from Oxfam has…
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DFID and other donors must not cut aid to South Sudan
Kevin Watkins, co-author with Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP of a major new report on education in South Sudan last week, has warned of the consequences of aid to South Sudan being cut as a result of the oil dispute with Sudan. He writes for the Guardian’s development blog; How should aid donors respond to…
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Ivan Lewis calls on Andrew Mitchell to honour aid commitment
This weekend Shadow DfID Secretary Ivan Lewis MP wrote to International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell MP urging him to ensure that the Government follows through on its promise to enshrine the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7% of GNI on international aid in law. DfID’s Departmental business plan committed to enshrine in law our commitment to spend…
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The world’s newest nation deserves the best start – tell the World Bank to support universal education for South Sudan
As Gordon Brown launches a new report education in South Sudan, LCID is supporting his call for the World Bank to support the world’s newest nation deliver education for all. South Sudan, the newest country in the world, is anchored to the bottom of the world league table for education. More than one million children…
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Cameron has the wrong values to lead the post-2015 MDG Review – our piece for The New Statesman
This article was first published on the New Statesman blog. Thursday saw the news that Ban Ki Moon has asked David Cameron to chair a new UN committee tasked with establishing a new set of UN millennium development goals when the current ones expire in 2015. Britain will have the opportunity to maintain the global leadership on international development…
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LCID Statement on House of Lords Committee Report
The Tory-dominated Economic Affairs Committee has made recommendations that would cost lives in developing countries and damage Britain’s credibility. Their recommendation to drop Britain’s aid promises would mean cuts to well-costed programmes based on reaching the 0.7% GNI target next year, such as putting 16 million children in school. Andrew Mitchell must now bring forward legislation on 0.7% in the next…
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