Author: David Taylor
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This is a momentous day in the history of Libya – Douglas Alexander & Jim Murphy
Douglas Alexander MP, Labour’s Shadow Foreign Secretary, said: “This is a momentous day in the history of Libya, and closes a dark 42 year long chapter in the county’s history. All of us will hope this will also mark an end to the present fighting in Libya, but the challenges facing the NTC remain great.”…
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DFID under Labour helped reduce malaria deaths by over 20% in last decade
Great news today as the World Health Organisation announced that malaria deaths have fallen by over 20% over the last decade. The last Labour Government made the provision of bed nets to prevent transmission of malaria a real priority and between 2001 and 2010 DFID helped deliver over 14 million bed nets to countries with…
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Cameron is abdicating his responsibility on international development
First posted on Left Foot Forward Last week in David Cameron’s speech to the Conservative Party conference, the prime minister claimed his government were playing a leading role in the fight against poverty. But true leadership is not defined by sticking to the status quo and not backsliding on our commitments to the worlds’ poorest people.…
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Sewn Up – the Co-operative Party’s new campaign
Sewn Up is a campaign to help the Kopano Women’s Sewing Co-operative near Johannesberg. Following a visit to South Africa in 2010, Michael Stephenson has forged a relationship between the Co-operative Party and the women of Kopano. Kopano does great work, making clothes and bedding for the community, providing employment and giving women a voice…
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Co-President Glenys Kinnock Letter in Guardian on case for Robin Hood Tax
LCID’s Honorary Co-President Glenys Kinnock has written to the Guardian on why the case of a Robin Hood Tax is now. Bill Nighy is right to say it’s likely the Robin Hood tax is about to become a reality (A hero role for bankers?, 29 September). The announcement that the European commission will shortly produce…
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Douglas Alexander’s Speech to Labour Party Conference
Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander’s Speech to Labour Party Conference Thank you for that welcome. Conference. We gather here in Liverpool after a year of extraordinary change across the world. In the last year, the Arab Spring has seen the downfall of old autocrats and old assumptions. When Ed Miliband gave me this job in…
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The best form of defence is…development?
Very strong speech today by Jim Murphy MP on why Labour is the party of the armed forces – but also why development is central to defence policy. “…I want to tell you what can often be the most effective defence policy – and it’s not always a new piece of military hardware. It is…
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Harriet Harman’s Speech to Labour Party Conference
Extracts from Harriet Harman, Shadow Minister for International Development speech to Labour Party Conference Our aid matters. It matters to the girls in Afghanistan – who go to school now. It matters to the villagers in Pakistan whose homes were swept away by the flood – who are getting shelter now. It matters to the Sierra…
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LCID’s submission to the Labour Party Policy Review
We hope you enjoyed the summer break. Over the summer, LCID has contributed to the Labour Party International Development Policy Review. In addition to our membership of the ‘Beyond Governments’ task force, we also submitted a submission to the main working group. Download and read LCID’s submission by clicking here. We believe Labour’s next development policy…
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UK must pressure rich countries to properly fund the UN’s disaster relief fund
by Gareth Thomas MP Whilst Lord Ashdown’s review of humanitarian disasters, and how the government responds to them, is welcome, early signals as to how sensitively the government will take the recommendations appear to be mixed. The extra money for British development organisations responding to disasters is welcome, as is the public support for Valerie…
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