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The next Labour Government must fight for the poorest abroad, as well as at home
By Mike Smith, LCID’s Executive Committee 2015 will be a decisive year, not just because the General Election gives Labour the chance to regain power, but because it is the year when global leaders decide both what will replace the Millennium Development Goals and look to agree a new deal on climate change. The stakes…
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Policy from the grassroots
By David Jepson, Bristol West CLP For too long the development of policy in foreign affairs and international development has been left to an elite. Labour has to hand a huge untapped pool of knowledge and experience within our communities, including faith groups, diasporas, people who have worked or volunteered in the field and others.…
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Labour’s effort to enshrine UK aid in law is far from over
By Jim Murphy, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development Whenever development hits the press, the Tory right hit the roof. Yesterday’s papers were full of reports that this government might finally give in to pressure and fulfil its commitment to legislate to spend 0.7% Gross National Income on Official Development Assistance. Naturally, the usual…
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‘An eye for an eye’
By Alastair Osborne, LCID Scottish Officer International condemnation of the abduction and murder of the three young Israeli teenagers was rightly swift and universal. However, little has been reported about the Israeli army’s brutal crackdown against Palestinians in the wake of those abductions and killings. We should condemn all attacks on civilians from whatever quarter…
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Thank you LCID: Labour Party make waves at the UN
By Jessica Toale Last Monday, Tessa Jowell met with Amina Mohammed to present to her the global petition calling on the UN to ensure that a commitment to early childhood development is enshrined in the new global development framework after 2015. This moment was the culmination of almost a year’s worth of work to raise…
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Undernutrition in the Land of Rice
By Nic Dakin, MP for Scunthorpe A year ago today the UK hosted an important conference on Nutrition and Food Security. Called Nutrition for Growth, the event showed that 165 million children around the world are chronically malnourished (stunted) and 52 million children are acutely malnourished. Its difficult to make sense of such big numbers,…
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Labour and Europe – development on the doorstep
As the European elections draw closer, we have prepared a pack to help Labour MEP candidates and their teams talk about Europe and international development on the doorstep. We include key messages on why a Labour Europe is good for international development, top facts about the impact of European aid, and also answers to the…
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Labour Call for Government Statement on Search for Nigerian Schoolgirls
by Ian Lucas, Labour Spokesman for Africa Over 200 girls have been missing in Nigeria for almost three weeks. The blunt truth of that statement is shocking, and more abductions have since taken place. In recent days, Boko Haram have claimed responsibility for the abductions from Chibok in a chilling statement. This, their latest heinous…
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Burma: The Challenge for Labour
By Jessica Toale Saturday night in downtown Yangon, the Union Bar on the Strand is heaving with a mixed collection of expats. With an extensive cocktail menu, DJ’s on the decks and industrial chic exposed light bulbs hanging over the square bar, the scene would not be out of place in a swanky New York…
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Live Below the Line 2014
Lord McConnell This morning I have started my Live Below the Line challenge for 2014. It is sometimes hard to believe that people are still living on less than £1 a day in the 21st Century, but around 1 billion of our fellow human beings do. They and their children die too young, they suffer from…
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