Category: Aid
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LCID statement on Government Aid Review
Labour Campaign for International Development reaction to Oral Statement by the Secretary of State for International Development These reviews are further evidence of the Government’s lack of vision, ambition and leadership on international development. From failing to keep the Gleneagles promises on the G8 agenda, to delaying the bribery act which would cut corruption in poor…
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Labour government refused to sell guns to repressive regime
The Wikileaks cables reveal that the UK Government refused a US$60M export licence for assault rifles, heavy machine guns, armoured personnel carriers and helicopters to be exported to Swaziland in 2008. The Swaziland government is dues to spend 10% of its budget on police and the army and has, in recent years has used force…
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Standing up for women around the world
Speaking yesterday at the start of the 55th Commission on the Status of Women, Harriet Harman took the opportunity to welcome the launch of UN Women, which was officially launched. “This is a very important meeting. It will see the official launch of UN Women and bring together women from around the world. “There can…
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Harriet Harman responds to Turks and Caicos loan
The Department for International Development is set to guarantee a loan of £260 million to the Turks and Caicos Islands, which raises serious questions about the Government’s use of DfID’s budget. Responding to this, Harriet Harman said: “Following on from the revelation that DFID money was used to fund the Pope’s state visit this looks suspiciously like…
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Growing the Aid Budget at a time of deficit reduction: moral imperative and political challenge
Ahead of Rt Hon Harriet Harman’s speech to the LSE tonight, here are some key excerpts of the speech. The speech will be at 6.30pm at the Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, tickets free. A Fragile Commitment While the Liberal party, and the SDP and then the Lib Dems, supported the 0.7%, the Tories support…
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The Pope’s visit – how LCID broke the story back in November
Originally appeared on Left Foot Forward Why did DfID spend £2m on the Pope’s visit to the UK? A Written Ministerial Statement today reveals that the Department for International Development (DfID) spent nearly £2m on the Pope’ssuccessful visit to the UK. The document states that £1.85m was transferred to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office “in respect of the…
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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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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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