Author: David Taylor
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Why has UK aid for water and sanitation fallen even as global aid has increased?
On World Water Day our Honorary Co-President Glenys Kinnock wrote for the Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog, taking the government to task for their poor record on water and sanitation; I have to express deep concern that: 1. The UK’s bilateral aid to the sector was less than 2% of total aid in 2010 (pdf); 2. The proportion…
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To invest in children’s future, we need to invest in water, says Tony Cunningham MP
by Tony Cunningham MP, Shadow Minister for International Development Just a couple of weeks before World Water Day, it was announced that the Millennium Development Goal target for halving the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water has been met. This is excellent news. The hard work of the international community and…
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LCID reaction to the 2012 Budget
LCID reaction to the 2012 Budget: The Lib Dems claimed this would be a ‘Robin Hood’ Budget. What a farce that proved to be. As Oxfam said in their reaction to the Budget, rather than taking yet more money from the poorest in our society the government should make those that caused the financial crisis…
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The Sahel Food Crisis Needs Urgent Humanitarian Support: Ivan Lewis for the Huffington Post
Shadow International Development Secretary Ivan Lewis MP writes for the Huffington Post on his recent trip to Chad with Oxfam and the urgent need for humanitarian support to stop the food crisis that is effecting the Sahel region in West Africa – 13 million people face food shortages this year that will leave them struggling to…
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Glenys Kinnock: Government’s ‘International Violence Against Women Champion’ Lynne Featherstone has “little grasp of the facts”
Our Honorary Co-President Glenys Kinnock letter in The Guardian on Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone’s poor performance as the UK Government’s International Violence Against Women Champion: Jane Martinson’s incisive interview of Lynne Featherstone (I have the powers of high-level nagging, 10 March) shows that the equalities minister has little grasp of the facts about what women need and have…
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Our article The Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog for International Women’s Day
In case you missed it, here is the article that our Honorary President, Baroness Glenys Kinnock and Jo Cox, Chair of Labour Women’s Network wrote for Guardian’s Poverty Matters blog to mark International Women’s Day. International Women’s Day 2012: Let’s make a commitment to education Women are still denied human rights, subject to violence and oppression, and make up less…
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A message from Baroness Glenys Kinnock & Rachel Reeves MP
Become a Member Dear Friend, As Honorary Co-Presidents of the Labour Campaign for International Development (LCID) we are writing to encourage you to join us as a Founding Member. Since LCID was launched in January 2010 it has grown to become an active and respected advocate of international development within the Labour Party and beyond. Together…
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Labour condemns Osborne’s corporate tax concessions that could cost developing countries billions
Concessions planned in the budget will cut the tax bill of some of the UK’s largest companies by billions of pounds, and make it much easier for them to reduce their taxes in developing countries, according to an analysis prepared by ActionAid. As reported in the Guardian today, Osborne is planning to change the rules on how foreign subsidiaries of multinationals…
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Take a step for Fairtrade Fortnight
Guest blog by Martin Tiedemann, Campaigns & Communications Officer at The Co-operative Party Fortnight started this week with the news that sales of Fairtrade products have risen to £1.3 billion. Four out of ten bags of sugar, a third of all bananas and one in four packs of roast and ground coffee sold in this country are Fairtrade.…
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Just as we dismantle our NHS, India is trying to build theirs
First published on Left Foot Forward There is a debate raging on Britain’s aid to India following the recent reports on remarks by India’s finance minister that India did not require the aid. Much to the delight of the right in this country, he told the Indian parliament that the aid we give is “peanuts.” Though remarks…
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