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Watch: Diane Abbott speaks to LCID
Every day this week, we’re showing you the answers that the Labour Leadership candidates gave to your questions. Today hear from Diane Abbott MP. We apologise for the error in the sound quality – a full transcript is below. What do you think about her answers? What else would you ask her? Let us know…
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Watch: Ed Balls answers your questions
Every day this week, we’re showing you the answers that the Labour Leadership candidates gave to your questions. Next up is Ed Balls, Shadow Education Secretary. What do you think about his answers? What else would you ask him? Let us know by posting your comments. Every day this week, we’ll be adding a video…
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Watch: David Miliband talks to LCID about his vision for international development
A couple of weeks ago, you told us what you would like to ask the Labour Leadership candidates. We have been to them and asked them those questions and now you can see their answers. First up is Shadow Foreign Secretary David Miliband, answering questions on, among others, financial transaction taxes, climate change and ring-fencing…
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Sign up to Robin Hood’s Saving Challenge
Rather than telling the Government how it can hack at public services to lower the deficit, why not take part in a real debate about how the economy could recover? The people over at the Robin Hood Tax are running the Saving Challenge to do just that. A series of taxes on the banks in…
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Right to unionise under threat in Swaziland – act now!
ACTSA, UNISON, PCS and Prospect are joining forces to speak out against a new law to be introduced in Swaziland. The Public Services Bill will make it illegal for public officers to take part in political formations or groups. The definition of those groups has, however, been left vague. Add your name to the petition…
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Governance reform is more important than legacies for multinational sports bodies
The full effects of the World Cup on South Africa will only be fully evaluated in the longer term, but it is already apparent that FIFA could have done more to ensure the tournament had maximum benefit for the host nation. Whether it’s the local businessman in Cape Town banned from selling his ‘proudly South…
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Millennium Development Goals are in danger of being missed as the world prepares for UN Summit
By Margaret Dantas Araujo The review of the Millennium Development Goals is set for this September at the UN in New York. Heads of State will gather to discuss how to proceed over the next 5 years cognizant of the reality that a concentrated effort will be needed to reach some goals while others will…
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Steve Cockburn asks: value for money – for who?
Writing for Progressonline, Steve Cockburn (LCID executive member), questions whether the recent calls from the Government to get value for money is truthfully aimed at furthering the interests of British foreign policy, rather than alleviating poverty. Some recent Government decisions back up Steve’s argument: One recent warning sign is the decision to spend what could…
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Questions grow over DfID’s ‘ring-fenced’ budget
Rumours over the security of DfID’s budget have been mounting over the last few weeks. Today in the Guardian, Madeleine Bunting raises questions over the pressure coming from the Right for Cameron’s government to change their approach to the international development budget. The Coalition Government came to power promising to ring-fence international development spending, yet…
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Thank you for voting in our poll
Thank you to everyone who voted in the LCID poll to decide what we will be asking the Labour Leadership candidates in our video hustings. The results are in and you can view them here. What happens next? We’ll be asking the leadership candidates about their views on the topics you have chosen and what…
Labour Campaign for International Development 