Author: mrtombaker
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Fairtrade Fortnight kicks off
Fairtrade Fortnight kicked off today with the good news that sales of Fairtrade products in the UK topped £1bn for the first time in 2010. Around 20% of roast and ground coffee, and 20% of bananas sold in the UK are now Fairtrade, and on a daily basis Britons now consume 9.3m cups of tea…
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Wednesday 29th
Into the home straight, but still no shortage of events to attend today. Ed Miliband MP might be joining the earlier starters at the Climate Climate @ The Cube at 8am for Labour and Climate Change: Maintaining Leadership Lunchtime (12.45pm) means an awkward decision to make between; Can we ever make poverty history? A Q+A…
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How we reported Britain in World debate on twitter
LCID was in the hall this morning for the Britain in the World session. We tweeted throughout as @LabourCID. Here’s what we had to say. In the hall for Britain in the World which is about to start at #lab10 – LCID hopes to get called to ask a question later While we waited for…
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Tuesday 28th
It’s an even earlier start on Tuesday morning, with the International Breakfast: Europe in the World: Actions to Match Ambitions at 8.30am in Manchester Central, Charter 3. Given the importance of the EU in setting trade, development and environment policy, we’ll be listening with interest (while nibbling away on a croissant!). Then nothing until the…
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Monday 27th
International Development will get its moment in the spotlight this morning when Shadow Secretary of State, Douglas Alexander MP addresses conference as part of the Britain in the World plenary session (Conference Hall from 9am). Once the speeches are over lunchtime has a solidarity theme to it, with Parliamentary Friends of Colombia hosting Colombia: The…
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Congratulations to Ed Miliband
LCID congratulates Ed Miliband MP on becoming the new leader of the Labour Party. We look forward to working with the former Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change to ensure global poverty stays high on the parties agenda in the coming years. During the Leadership campaign we asked Ed about his views on…
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Sunday 26th
The fringe programme kicks off and the highlight for LCID is Fighting Poverty in the ‘No-Money era’: Could Robin Hood protect the poor and the Planet? Hosted by Oxfam and the TUC at 6pm in Manchester Central, Central 4. LCID has been campaigning in support of a Robin Hood Tax for the last year, and…
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The Global #changewesee
Over the last two weeks, hundreds of Labour activists have been tweeting about change they’ve seen in their communities. From new schools, to refurbished hospitals, to libraries, to SureStart centres, the campaign has catalogued hundreds of examples of the tangible differences that the Labour government has made in the last 13 years and reminded us of the…
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Why do the Tories want to copy Canada on International Development?
It would appear that the Tories are looking across the Atlantic for their ideas, but not to Washington and President Obama, but to Ottawa and the minority government of Stephen Harper. Earlier this month shadow Tory minister for International Development, Andrew Mitchell praised the approach of the Canadian government to international development. In an interview…
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Help for Haiti – part 2
The response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti continues. Through the Department for International Development, the Labour Government is responding by sending vital equipment and trained UK experts to help while announcing $10 million in funding to support humanitarian relief work in Haiti. Secretary of State, Douglas Alexander MP shared this video explaining how the government has responded…
Labour Campaign for International Development 