Author: lcidblog
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Vaccines for Africa: Could this be a flagship policy for the new Shadow DfID team?
As Jim Murphy begins to settle into his new role as Shadow Secretary for International Development, he will no doubt be considering the best policy with which to make his mark. It is hoped he will continue to address the failure of British banks to comply with money-laundering prevention laws and also to support the Early…
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Invitation to launch of Labour Campaign for Human Rights
The Labour Campaign for Human Rights is pleased to invite all LCID members to our official launch event in Parliament. The event will be a panel discussion featuring leading members of the Labour Shadow Cabinet and the UK Director of Human Rights Watch. Our panellists will speak to the theme “A Labour Vision for Human…
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An unlikely but vital front for development issues
What has the Banking Reform Bill, which is about to hit the Lords, got to do with development? The answer is that it’s a golden opportunity to help reduce the corruption which haemorrhages billions in vital funds from developing countries. This issue will be explored at an APPG Anti-Corruption briefing this Thursday in Portcullis House,…
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Welcome Jim Murphy and a sad goodbye to Ivan Lewis
We learnt yesterday what the much anticipated Shadow Cabinet reshuffle will mean for the international development brief. Ivan Lewis has been given the new role of shadow Northern Ireland Secretary, and Jim Murphy will move from defence to international development. LCID would like to take this opportunity to thank Ivan for all that he’s…
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Speech to Labour Party Annual Conference 2013 by Ivan Lewis MP
Ivan Lewis MP, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, speaking to Labour Party Annual Conference 2013 in Brighton, said:Conference, this is a historic year for our commitment to international development. And I want to start by saluting you. Without your campaigning, your passion and your values there is no way the United Kingdom…
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Tessa Jowell and Ivan Lewis launches Early Years Petition at Labour Conference
Join us in supporting change for children! Today Ivan Lewis MP and I launched a petition calling on the UN Secretary General and UN Member States to recognise the vital importance of investing in a child’s earliest years. We know from experience and evidence in the UK that investing in a child’s earliest years…
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Watch Protest to Progress by Richard Curtis tonight
Have you ever heard a song that made you see things differently? Have you ever seen an image that has haunted you for years? Have you ever seen a film that’s changed your view of the world and your place in it? Richard Curtis says his 30 min Protest to Progress piece is the most…
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David Cameron must weave a better story than his fairytale ‘golden thread’
This article was originally published on The Guardian website. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the author. The UN high-level panel’s report on the new development agenda after 2015 is a work of some profundity. Sceptics have been taken aback at the radical nature of the suggested transformation. But they may be…
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The rejection of intervention in Syria stresses the need for more preventative humanitarian action
A few weeks ago the whole country awoke from its summer slumber to debate whether Britain should launch military strikes against Syria. Questions about whether it is morally right to intervene, if we should have done so sooner and also whether the wisest course of action is to do nothing, permeated both Westminster’s hallways…
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Why Australia’s new PM should rethink foreign aid cuts
The following article was originally published on The Guardian Poverty Matters blog. It is reproduced here by kind permission of the author. On Saturday, Tony Abbott, leader of the Australian Liberal party, won the Australian federal election, ushering in new political leadership after six years of tumultuous Labor party rule by Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, and Kevin…
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