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Douglas Alexander speaks at Labour Campaign for International Development Launch
Last night, the Labour Campaign for International Development officially launched at an event at the House of Commons, with an impressive audience of politicians, the international development sector and party activists. There was only room to stand as Secretary of State Douglas Alexander began his keynote speech, with Minister Mike Foster also taking questions and…
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Why do the Tories want to copy Canada on International Development?
It would appear that the Tories are looking across the Atlantic for their ideas, but not to Washington and President Obama, but to Ottawa and the minority government of Stephen Harper. Earlier this month shadow Tory minister for International Development, Andrew Mitchell praised the approach of the Canadian government to international development. In an interview…
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Launch Event NOW MONDAY at 5.15PM for a 5.30PM start
We have had to reschedule our launch the Labour Campaign for International Development with Secretary of State, Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP. Please note the new details: MONDAY 1ST February | 5.15pm (Speeches at 5.30pm) Committee Room 12, House of Commons. Entrance: Main gate, Cromwell Green We are sorry for the inconvenience, but we hope…
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Help for Haiti – part 2
The response to the devastating earthquake in Haiti continues. Through the Department for International Development, the Labour Government is responding by sending vital equipment and trained UK experts to help while announcing $10 million in funding to support humanitarian relief work in Haiti. Secretary of State, Douglas Alexander MP shared this video explaining how the government has responded…
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Help for Haiti
A huge 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti last night. This is one of the worst disasters to befall crisis ridden Haiti. The extent of the devastation is still unclear but it is likely thousands have died and many, many more are trapped in the rubble. The early signs are not good: with communications down across the…
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The Tories announce their Afghanistan strategy, but there’s a lot left unanswered
In this article in The Times, William Hague and George Osborne are credited with announcing a new Tory policy for the development of Afghanistan. Their aim, so they say, is to draw on the military to carry out “quick impact aid work and infrastructure projects in the aftermath of fighting.” Surely this sounds like a…
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LCID to formally launch next month – come to our launch event
Labour’s transformed the lives of many people in the last decade, and nowhere has the impact of a Labour Government been more acutely felt than in international development. For many of us, eradicating poverty is the reason we joined the Labour Party, and there is much to be proud of. Since 1997, Labour has helped…
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Letter to The Guardian in response to their lack of scrutiny of Tory aid plans
Sir, I was disappointed to see The Guardian give a platform to the Tories international development plans today without any attempt to scrutinise them. The Tories claim they will not cut the aid budget is undermined not only by their record under Thatcher, when it was halved, but also by their failure to guarantee that…
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Effective Aid: Building states, supporting citizens, transforming lives
Since the release of Dambisa Moyo’s Dead Aid, cynics have been lining up to call for the aid system to be overhauled or abandoned completely. Sajid Javid’s blog, rapturously received on Conservative Home, is but the latest to use lazy assumptions and selective evidence to pursue ideologically driven policies that would hurt communities across the…
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Come along to our Launch event with Douglas Alexander!
At the Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday 02 February at 7pm, we will formally launch the Labour Campaign for International Development group. Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, will give a speech and answer your questions. The event will take place in the Wilson Room in Portcullis House at the Houses of Parliament.…
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