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The next chapter in Labour’s internationalist story
By Joe Walker, Vice Chair of Policy for LCID Originally published on LabourList Internationalism, a movement advocating greater economic and political cooperation among nations for the benefit of all, has been a strong tradition within the Labour party from the beginning. Our values and ideals have always looked beyond our shores and have contributed to…
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One Nation, One World: The Next Chapter in Labour’s Internationalist Story – RSVP to our special event
Monday 26 January 2015 | 17.15-18.45 | Lecture Hall, Methodist Central Hall We are pleased to invite you to a special event we are organising with the Labour Campaign for International Development and over fifteen partners from across the Labour movement to discuss the next Labour Government’s internationalist vision. Speakers include: Labour’s next Foreign Secretary,…
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How Gaza bucks the trend
Stephen Tunstall (@SCTunstall), an LCID member, writes from Gaza about the humanitarian situation following last year’s war, urging Labour to continue pursuing justice and peace for its beleaguered inhabitants. Stephen is Programmes Manager for Palestine and Israel at Embrace the Middle East. I am constantly enthralled by Hans Rosling’s Gapminder presentations. Development statistics are rarely…
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Ed Miliband: the next Labour government will seek to raise global ambitions for combating extreme poverty, inequality and climate change.
Ed Miliband will today help launch action/2015 with a commitment that the next Labour government will seek to raise global ambitions for combating extreme poverty, inequality and climate change. Speaking to an audience of young people including at Queen’s Park Community School, London later this morning, he will declare that 2015 is the biggest year…
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Universal healthcare: the affordable dream
Originally uploaded to The Guardian 6th January, by Amartya Sen Twenty-five hundred years ago, the young Gautama Buddha left his princely home, in the foothills of the Himalayas, in a state of agitation and agony. What was he so distressed about? We learn from his biography that he was moved in particular by seeing the penalties of ill…
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Thank you and Merry Christmas!
As the holiday season approaches, we wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your support in 2014, and to wish those who are celebrating a very happy Christmas and new year. Introducing our new Executive Committee Thanks to everyone who voted and who stood. We are pleased to introduce our new Executive Committee…
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LCID is proud to support Universal Health Coverage Day – why aren’t the Tories?
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a simple but powerful concept that unites people across the world: that everybody should get the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. Exactly two years ago, following a unanimous vote at the United Nations, all governments committed themselves to achieving UHC. Now, on the anniversary of this historic…
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Leading in the World: Labour’s pre-manifesto pledges on foreign policy and development
This week Labour released a pre-manifesto report, outlining summary of some of the key policies Labour have announced already. You can read the full document here – below is the section on foreign policy and development. “Changing Britain Together: Leading in the World Globalisation has increased connectivity between countries and people, as global challenges increasingly demand global solutions. Instead…
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Anas Sarwar MP’s speech to the OECD conference on Political Financing and Averting Policy Capture
by Anas Sarwar MP, Shadow International Development Minister, to the OECD Political Financing and Averting Policy Capture Conference As a parliamentarian in the United Kingdom, working in the “Mother of Democracies” is both an honour and a huge responsibility. Being the gold standard for Parliamentary systems means that we must have the highest standards of…
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Realizing Self Reliance for Afghanistan
By David Jepson, Bristol West CLP There was considerable media coverage last month as the last few British soldiers climbed into a helicopter and flew out of Helmand in Afghanistan for the last time. There was much less media attention last week for a major conference which took place in London, co-hosted by the Afghan…
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