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The Choice on International Development
The choice in this election on international development is clear – between electing a Labour government to continue our tradition of helping the world’s poorest people…and a Conservative government whose pledges to voters do not contain a single mention of international development. And worse, their most likely coalition partners, UKIP, want to abolish DFID and the…
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT – ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION, March 20th 2015
We met on 20th March with Thangam Debbonaire, Labour Parliamentary candidate for Bristol West, Kerry McCarthy, Labour MP for Bristol East, David Jepson, Chair, and 15 other people. The Labour government made very significant progress in relation to international development, with cabinet member status, commitment and major progress to attaining the target of 0.7% and…
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Mary Creagh on the right role of the private sector in development
Mary Creagh, Labour’s Next Development Secretary – speech on the role of the private sector in development In nine weeks, voters here in Cambridge will have a clear choice over the future direction of international development. Five more years of a Tory government that treats the aid budget as charity. Or a Labour government that…
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It’s time to repeal the remittances “Super Tax” on Africa
First published on the World Bank website, 3rd March 2015 By Dame Tessa Jowell and Dilip Ratha Remittances are the shining light of development policy. While debate rages in austerity-hit Western capitals about spending on aid, remittances cost tax-payers nothing. Remittances to developing countries are worth nearly half a trillion dollars – that’s three times the…
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Beyond Aid – Labour’s vision
Last night LCID hosted the launch of Beyond Aid, a new pamphlet edited by Glenys Kinnock and Stephen Doughty MP. With contributions from a range of experts, the pamphlet has some great insights on what Britain can to do continue its global leadership in international development. Shadow Secretary of State Mary Creagh kicked off the…
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Beyond Aid: Labour’s ambition for a radical development agenda
Beyond Aid Last night we were delighted to host the launch of a new development pamphlet entitled “Beyond Aid: Labour’s ambition for a radical development agenda” Edited by our Honorary Presidents Glenys Kinnock and Stephen Doughty, the pamphlet draws on expert opinion from different backgrounds and sectors and aims to spark debate about, and offer…
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Beyond Aid: Labour’s ambition for a radical development agenda
Join the Labour Campaign for International Development for the launch of a new development pamphlet entitled “Beyond Aid: Labour’s ambition for a radical development agenda” Edited by our Honorary Presidents Glenys Kinnock and Stephen Doughty, the pamphlet draws on expert opinion from different backgrounds and sectors and aims to spark debate about, and offer a…
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Support Fairtrade Fortnight!
It’s Fairtrade Fortnight! The Labour and Cooperative movement has a proud history of supporting Fairtrade – we’d encourage everyone to keep buying Fairtrade products, and get involved in Fairtrade Fortnight in the coming days. In government we supported FAIRTRADE with DFID funding since we created the department in 1997. Labour believes in the values at…
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A Labour Approach to Development: LCID’s Manifesto
In ‘A Labour Approach to Development’ we set out LCID’s manifesto asks ahead of the 2015 election. The document was submitted to the National Policy Forum’s ‘Britain’s Global Role‘ policy consultation last summer. This ideas contained in this document are our own ideas for what Labour’s internationalist vision should be in the coming years. What…
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Labour’s proud record of Internationalism
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