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We did it – 0.7% aid bill passes third reading thanks to Labour support
The bill to enshrine our country’s aid spending in law passed its third and final reading in the House of Common’s today (after a handful of Tory MPs were thwarted in their efforts to derail it). It now goes to the House of Lords, so we are very close now to securing a key part…
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Mary Creagh to Justine Greening – why won’t the Tories keep their promise?
Last night, Mary Creagh, Labour Shadow Secretary of State for International Development wrote to Justine Greening demanding the Tories step up and deliver a promise all three parties made. You can help by contact your MP today and urging them to turn up and save lives this Friday – click here for details.
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Introducing our new Exec for 2014-2015!
Thank you to all LCID members who voted in our elections. Our AGM has just finished and the results ratified – congratulations to our new Executive for the year ahead! ELECTED: David Taylor Bethan Twigg Sarah Kennedy Mann Virdee Laura Kyrke-Smith Charlie Samuda Joe Walker Farah Nazeer Suzanne Foster Laura Boughey Stuart McWilliam Billy Hill…
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Let’s finish the job on 0.7% – please contact your MP today
In ten days time, on Friday 5th December, MPs can vote for a final time to enshrine in law Britain’s commitment to spend 0.7% of our GDP in law. Thanks to you, the bill passed it’s 2nd reading back in September. Labour MPs made up the majority of MPs voting for the bill – we are…
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Labour will lead the world to agree an ambitious set of poverty reduction goals
by Mary Creagh, shadow Secretary of State for International Development The current government lacks the vision, values and courage to ensure these new goals are radical enough The last Labour Government established the Department for International Development because we believe Britain’s values of tolerance, progress, solidarity and justice travel beyond our borders. It was Labour’s leadership…
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Mary Creagh – David Cameron made meeting the 0.7 per cent aid target a symbol of the change he claimed to bring to the Tory party – a change that lies in tatters –
Mary Creagh MP, Labour’s Shadow International Development Secretary, responding to comments from Philip Hammond rejecting the bill to write the 0.7 per cent aid target into law, said: “On every issue, from Europe, to green energy, as soon as the Tory right wing raises its head, the Tory leadership folds like a deckchair. David Cameron…
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I Don’t Just Believe in British Social Justice – I Believe in Universal Social Justice
Will Martindale, Labour’s MP candidate for Battersea As Battersea’s parliamentary candidate I am only too aware of the need to tackle tough social problems in Battersea: Since 2010, there have been seven shootings and a fatal stabbing in the estate behind Clapham Junction. That this happens in one of the richest cities in the world,…
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Help lead LCID through 2015
“We have a choice, turn inwards or engage with the world.” As Ed Miliband said at this year’s party conference, Labour is an internationalist party – it is in our DNA, a proud part of our history. LCID exists to keep internationalism a key part of our future, and ensure the next Labour government makes…
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Their sacrifice was not in vain
As Camp Bastion, is handed over to Afghan security forces, the last British base, a very many column inches will be given over to covering the mistakes made in the Afghanistan intervention. 453 British troops gave their lives (their names are here) and 2,188 were injured in battle. We must never forget their sacrifice. But…
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Ebola must never again be allowed to claim lives for want of basic healthcare
This week, Jim Murphy wrote in The Guardian on the need for the UK to take a lead in the fight to eradicate Ebola, ensuring universal health coverage becomes a reality. His full comments are below: One million people could die from the Ebola outbreak in the next four months. That’s the verdict of…
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