Category: Campaigning
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Owen Smith MP – my commitment to tackling poverty at home and abroad
Owen Smith MP, candidate in the 2016 Labour Leadership contest, blogs for LCID on his commitment to international development – @OwenSmith_MP Anyone in any doubt about the right-wing agenda of this new Tory government should take a look at two of Theresa May’s lesser commented-on appointments over the summer – that of Priti Patel as International Development
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Owen Smith MP signs LCID pledge for Leadership candidates
As with previous leadership contests in 2010 and 2015, LCID will not be endorsing a leadership candidate in the current contest. However we have asked candidates to sign the International pledge for 2016 Leadership candidates. We are delighted that Owen Smith MP has signed the pledge and agreed to uphold the principles it contains. We
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BREXIT: A threat to tackling global poverty
By Mike Kane, Shadow Minister for International Development and Labour MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East – @MikeKaneMP Whatever side of the EU Referendum Debate you sit on it is hard to deny that being able to work collaboratively with some of the world’s strongest economies, to pool financial, institutional and technological resources enables
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Invitation: Join LCID MPs in discussion of ‘Brexit’
In conjunction with the Labour Movement for Europe (LME) and Labour’s Environmental Campaign Group (SERA), LCID is hosting to an exclusive Panel Q&A on the evening of June 14th, 19.00-21.00, at UNITE Head Quarters in London. The evening’s discussion, entitled “Brexit: A danger to security, tackling climate change and international development”, will be addressed by
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David Miliband makes the case for Britain in Europe
Today in London David Miliband, the former Foreign Secretary and current CEO of International Rescue Committee, delivered a speech making the case for the UK to remain in Europe, including why the EU matters for international development. Some of his comments are reproduced below: At the heart of our British success story in
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Why 2016 is the year to leap, not shuffle, towards gender equality
By Emily and Katie Berrington Despite being the year that the United States may be set to welcome its first female president; the first year that Saudi Arabia’s female residents will live under municipal governments that they were able to vote in; and the year that more than 90 countries answered the UN Women’s call
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The IF campaign launch
Yesterday saw the launch of the IF campaign to end global hunger. The campaign has been launched by a coalition of 100s of NGOs and faith groups and is the largest campaign of its kind since Make Poverty History in 2005. Alongside targeting global poverty directly, the IF campaign focuses on the need to target
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The Power of We – Stopping Land Grabs
Today is Blog Action Day and this year’s theme is ‘The Power of We’. It’s a perfect opportunity to celebrate the power of people in making change happen. We’ve seen people power in many guises over the last year, from large scale movements like the Arab Spring and Occupy, to people making a stand on
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Post-Rio and the challenges facing international development and Labour
By Alex Farrow (@alexjamesfarrow and @youthpolicy) As policy makers, activists and governments move on from the failed negotiations at Rio+20, Labour must now find a way to ensure sustainability remains at the heart of the international community’s development agenda. At Rio+20 negotiators agreed the creation of the Sustainable Development Goals to replace the Millennium Development Goals that
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The real George Osborne
Guest post from the World Development Movement ‘New online comedy series about George Osborne,’ a colleague of mine said to two briefcase-clutching gents last week as she handed them a flyer outside the Treasury. ‘Ha, yes, we need that at the moment,’ replied one. ‘Just watch parliament TV, that’s a comedy featuring George Osborne,’ said
Labour Campaign for International Development 