Author: timnicholls
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Harriet Harman’s letter to Mitchell
Harriet Harman, Shadow International Development Secretary, has written to Andrew Mitchell about topical questions at International Development Questions in Parliament. You can read her letter below and we all look forward to this change being implemented in time for the next International Development Questions on 16 February Dear Andrew, I am writing to confirm your…
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LCID Parliamentary Reception with Harriet Harman and Labour’s Shadow Team
Please come along and join LCID for an evening reception with the Labour Shadow International Development team The evening will include a speech from Rt Hon Harriet Harman MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, and will be a chance for you to meet and ask questions with the new Shadow team. It will…
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Could AV mean a fairer deal for the world’s poor?
LCID is not endorsing either campaign in the upcoming referendum on voting reform, however, we recognise that many people are. In this guest post, Stephen Doughty, Former Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for International Development, writes for the Yes to AV campaign about why he is backing the change. Make trade fair, drop…
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Harriet Harman to discuss the aid budget at LSE
On Thursday 3rd February, Harriet Harman, Shadow International Development Secretary will be speaking at the London School of Economics. The talk will focus on the aid budget and how, and why, the UK should honour its pledge to increase aid to 0.7 of national income in a time of economic downturn. The event is free…
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Save the Children launch ‘No child born to die’
Today, Save the Children, launched their new campaign, ‘No child born to die’. The campaign focuses on the plight of children in poverty, both in the UK and abroad. This campaign comes at a particularly important time, with the first Child Poverty strategy and the Budget due in March. We are looking to the critical…
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Harriet Harman writes to Andrew Mitchell about women’s projects in Afghanistan
Harriet Harman, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, has written to Andrew Mitchell to ask him about funding for women’s projects in Afghanistan. Here are some extracts from the letter: “I recently had the opportunity to meet with Hussn Banu Ghazanfar, the Afghan Minister for Women…. One of the issues that was raised with…
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Christian Aid calls on Mitchell to do more on climate change
There is a very interesting piece over on Left Foot Forward on Christian Aid’s new campaign which calls on the World Bank to do more to tackle climate change. You can lend your voice to Christian Aid’s and email Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development, and ask him to use his position within…
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Harriet Harman calls for aid for Sri Lankan flood victims
With floods in Sri Lanka driving 39,000 people from their homes, Harriet Harman, Shadow International Development Secretary, has called for the UK and the international community to help. Though aid has begun to arrive in Sri Lanka, The Daily Mirror points out that only 6 tonnes of aid was moved on Friday. Harriet Harman said:…
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Anas Sarwar writes for LCID on the 2010 MDG Review
By Anas Sarwar, Glasgow Central MP and member of the International Development Select Committee If you’d like to get up to speed on progress toward the Millennium Development Goals, the International Development Select Committee’s report on the 2010 Review Summit is the ideal place to start. Published yesterday, it provides a detailed overview of where…
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