Category: Campaigning
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Invitation: Join LCID as we host Douglas Alexander – This Tuesday!
Join Labour Campaign for International Development as we host Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Development. Tuesday 29 June | 7.30-8.30pm Grand Committee Room, Houses of Parliament Almost five years since 250,000 marched through the streets of Edinburgh in support of Make Poverty History, and millions around the world took part in…
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The Tories should introduce the Robin Hood Tax if they truly want to help the poor
The emergency budget is to be on June 22 and David Cameron has already begun to try and soften the ground. The pain, he states, will be felt by everyone. This is worrying and could be avoided by the introduction of the Robin Hood Tax, says the ippr. One of the ways of raising much…
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Check out ACTSA’s World Cup actions
The World Cup is on the very near horizon and brings with it more than just the promise of good football. This tournament, which begins in a fortnight, will be held in South Africa and is the largest tournament ever held on African soil. There is more to this World Cup than football. Though South…
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Labour’s Manifesto on International Development
Extract from Labour’s manifesto The global poverty emergency: our moral duty, our common interest Labour’s international leadership on development has helped transform the lives of millions across the world. Yet too many people still live in extreme poverty, die from treatable diseases, or are denied the chance to go to school. We will lead an…
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Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through….Hyde Park!
Speaker’s Corner is a famed place for freedom of speech, where the good, the bad and the ugly have all enjoyed the freedom to speak openly about their passions, causes and beliefs. On the very sunny Saturday just gone, LCID went down to hear Robin Hood and a Banker battle it out on soapboxes –…
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Phone canvassing with Mike Foster
Come along to Labour Party HQ on Thursday and help us phone-canvass for Worcester MP and International Development Minister, Mike Foster. Please email nick@lcid.org.uk by this Wednesday evening (17 March) to put your name down to come along. We will need to add your name to the list to get past security. If you can’t…
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