Category: Conference
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Harriet Harman’s Speech to Labour Party Conference
Extracts from Harriet Harman, Shadow Minister for International Development speech to Labour Party Conference Our aid matters. It matters to the girls in Afghanistan – who go to school now. It matters to the villagers in Pakistan whose homes were swept away by the flood – who are getting shelter now. It matters to the Sierra
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Wednesday 29th
Into the home straight, but still no shortage of events to attend today. Ed Miliband MP might be joining the earlier starters at the Climate Climate @ The Cube at 8am for Labour and Climate Change: Maintaining Leadership Lunchtime (12.45pm) means an awkward decision to make between; Can we ever make poverty history? A Q+A
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How we reported Britain in World debate on twitter
LCID was in the hall this morning for the Britain in the World session. We tweeted throughout as @LabourCID. Here’s what we had to say. In the hall for Britain in the World which is about to start at #lab10 – LCID hopes to get called to ask a question later While we waited for
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Tuesday 28th
It’s an even earlier start on Tuesday morning, with the International Breakfast: Europe in the World: Actions to Match Ambitions at 8.30am in Manchester Central, Charter 3. Given the importance of the EU in setting trade, development and environment policy, we’ll be listening with interest (while nibbling away on a croissant!). Then nothing until the
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Congratulations to Ed Miliband
LCID congratulates Ed Miliband MP on becoming the new leader of the Labour Party. We look forward to working with the former Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change to ensure global poverty stays high on the parties agenda in the coming years. During the Leadership campaign we asked Ed about his views on
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International Development at #Lab10 Conference – Sunday 26th
The fringe programme kicks off and the highlight for LCID is Fighting Poverty in the ‘No-Money era’: Could Robin Hood protect the poor and the Planet? Hosted by Oxfam and the TUC at 6pm in Manchester Central, Central 4. LCID has been campaigning in support of a Robin Hood Tax for the last year, and
Labour Campaign for International Development 