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Preview of our event with SOAS Labour tonight: Gender, International Development and UK Aid
To mark International Women’s Day, LCID working with SOAS Labour is pleased to be hosting ‘Gender, International Development and UK Aid’. Speakers Baroness Scotland, Patron of Eliminate Domestic Violence Global Foundation Amy Whalley, UNICEF UK Claire Hickson, International Development Specialist Katy Woods, The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood Kruti Buch, Asian Foundation for Philanthropy…
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A message from Baroness Glenys Kinnock & Rachel Reeves MP
Become a Member Dear Friend, As Honorary Co-Presidents of the Labour Campaign for International Development (LCID) we are writing to encourage you to join us as a Founding Member. Since LCID was launched in January 2010 it has grown to become an active and respected advocate of international development within the Labour Party and beyond. Together…
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We mustn’t let piracy rule the development agenda on Somalia
First posted on Left Foot Forward Though piracy, security and terror topped the agenda at last month’s London conference on Somalia, we mustn’t let Somalia’s less high-profile development needs slip under the radar, writes Liz Stephen, an executive member of the Labour Campaign for International Development (LCID) As the summit concluded, achieving security and stability is indeed…
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Labour condemns Osborne’s corporate tax concessions that could cost developing countries billions
Concessions planned in the budget will cut the tax bill of some of the UK’s largest companies by billions of pounds, and make it much easier for them to reduce their taxes in developing countries, according to an analysis prepared by ActionAid. As reported in the Guardian today, Osborne is planning to change the rules on how foreign subsidiaries of multinationals…
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Take a step for Fairtrade Fortnight
Guest blog by Martin Tiedemann, Campaigns & Communications Officer at The Co-operative Party Fortnight started this week with the news that sales of Fairtrade products have risen to £1.3 billion. Four out of ten bags of sugar, a third of all bananas and one in four packs of roast and ground coffee sold in this country are Fairtrade.…
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Making the case for International Development
Rory Weal, a member of the Young Fabians, tackles the negative spin on International Development. Since 1997 Labour helped lift 3 million people out of poverty each year, helped to get some 40 million more children into school and improved water or sanitation services for over 1.5 million people. Since 1997 the UK development budget…
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Building a better future with Somalia
Rushanara Ali MP, shadow minister for international development, writes that she is “pleased to see the renewed focus from the international community on the future of Somalia, but we must ensure that this focus delivers what the ordinary people of Somalia want and need”. Somalia today is a country with some of the worst human development…
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Just as we dismantle our NHS, India is trying to build theirs
First published on Left Foot Forward There is a debate raging on Britain’s aid to India following the recent reports on remarks by India’s finance minister that India did not require the aid. Much to the delight of the right in this country, he told the Indian parliament that the aid we give is “peanuts.” Though remarks…
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Shadow International Development newsletter
The Shadow International Development team are now publishing a fortnightly newsletter – to view this month’s and sign up view it here. Don’t forget to sign up to LCID’s own email list by clicking here. Among the highlights of the Shadow team’s newsletter is this video blog from Ivan Lewis from his recent trip to…
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Resource security in a rapidly changing world
On Thursday Ivan Lewis gave the keynote address to the WWF and RGS “Navigating the perfect storm: the international challenge of food, water and energy security” seminar. Outlining Labour’s approach to the issue of resource security he said; Because we accept that there is a need for a joined up, cross departmental approach we are determined to lead by…
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