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Photos from our #LabourWorld event
Thank you to everyone who attended our #LabourWorld event last week. Over three hundred people joined LCID and twenty sister organisations to hear Labour’s next Foreign Secretary, Development Secretary, Climate Secretary and Defence Minister on a panel chaired by Mary Riddell. LCID’s Honorary Vice-President Stephen Doughty wrapped up the event, which also saw the launch…
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Labour’s Foreign Policy: Principles and Priorities
On Monday 2nd February, ahead of the UK general election in May, the Shadow Foreign Secretary Douglas Alexander MP delivered a speech about Britain’s future foreign policy to Chatham House. A transcript of the speech is available here, however his concluding remarks are below: “The response to contemporary challenges – the return of geo-political competition;…
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Beyond Aid Inquiry – LCID’s Evidence Submission
Today the House of Commons International Development Committee released the report of their inquiry, Beyond Aid. In LCID’s evidence to the inquiry we set out our views on how to build a more pro-rights, pro-equality and multilateralist approach to development, one which not only lifts people out of poverty but fundamentally redistributes power and address…
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Don’t dodge the issue, we need to crack down on tax avoidance
By Billy HIll, LCID Membership Officer Love it or loathe it, tax is the life-blood for public services across the world. For me, the money sourced from UK tax-payers has given me a great education, covered the cost of my nasty definitely-not-dancing-related broken ankle last year, and gets me to work every morning by way…
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Speech by Labour’s next International Development Secretary Mary Creagh MP on Inequality and Universal Health Coverage
Speech by Labour’s next International Development Secretary Mary Creagh MP on Inequality and Universal Health Coverage Thank you, Melissa for your kind invitation to address the Institute for Development Studies. You are world leaders in your field and it is a great honour to be here. You play a crucial part in training the next generation…
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The next chapter in Labour’s internationalist story
By Joe Walker, Vice Chair of Policy for LCID Originally published on LabourList Internationalism, a movement advocating greater economic and political cooperation among nations for the benefit of all, has been a strong tradition within the Labour party from the beginning. Our values and ideals have always looked beyond our shores and have contributed to…
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One Nation, One World: The Next Chapter in Labour’s Internationalist Story – RSVP to our special event
Monday 26 January 2015 | 17.15-18.45 | Lecture Hall, Methodist Central Hall We are pleased to invite you to a special event we are organising with the Labour Campaign for International Development and over fifteen partners from across the Labour movement to discuss the next Labour Government’s internationalist vision. Speakers include: Labour’s next Foreign Secretary,…
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How Gaza bucks the trend
Stephen Tunstall (@SCTunstall), an LCID member, writes from Gaza about the humanitarian situation following last year’s war, urging Labour to continue pursuing justice and peace for its beleaguered inhabitants. Stephen is Programmes Manager for Palestine and Israel at Embrace the Middle East. I am constantly enthralled by Hans Rosling’s Gapminder presentations. Development statistics are rarely…
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Ed Miliband: the next Labour government will seek to raise global ambitions for combating extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.
Ed Miliband will today help launch action/2015 with a commitment that the next Labour government will seek to raise global ambitions for combating extreme poverty, inequality and climate change. Speaking to an audience of young people including at Queen’s Park Community School, London later this morning, he will declare that 2015 is the biggest year…
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Thank you and Merry Christmas!
As the holiday season approaches, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your support in 2014, and to wish those who are celebrating a very happy Christmas and new year. Introducing our new Executive Committee Thanks to everyone who voted and who stood. We are pleased to introduce our new Executive Committee…
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