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LCID 10th Anniversary Event
Today was a special day, as we hosted an event in Parliament to celebrate 10 years of LCID. We’re going to have videos of Gordon’s and everyone’s speeches in the coming days, but in the meantime, here is what I shared on behalf of LCID itself: When LCID was set up ten years ago our…
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Letter to Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott re Assad apologist David Miller
Dear Diane, We are deeply concerned to learn that you are to take part in the launch today, 5th September, of a CAGE publication co-authored by David Miller, a notorious pro-Assad atrocity denier. You previously appeared on a panel with him at a ‘Spinwatch’ panel event back on the 26th March. David Miller, a professor…
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The butterfly effect: My visit to a Rohingya refugee camp
It took me three flights, a two hour car journey in a UN vehicle, a work visa and a government approval before I was able to enter. The day before my visit, UN HQ in New York put a blanket ban on all foreigners entering due to a heightened security risk. So, when I was…
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Westminster Hall debate on the future of DFID
On Wednesday, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi secured a Westminster Hall debate on the future of DFID. He said he had secured the debate because of “deep concerns about the future of the Department for International Development and its funding, and threats to our proud tradition as a distributor of aid to the most impoverished places on…
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Civilians must be protected in Sudan protests
You might have seen it on the news. After years living under a dictatorship responsible for gross human rights violations, protests erupt in cities around the country about poor living standards and demanding “Freedom, peace and justice.” The regime responds brutally, intimidating protesters and imprisoning, beating, and tear gassing them. And if that wasn’t bad…
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The war in Yemen – 3 ways the UK must act
The war in Yemen is the largest humanitarian disaster on the planet today – and it’s one that’s almost entirely man-made. Some estimate that almost 60,000 people have been killed since March 2015, and thousands more injured. Over 17 million Yemeni people cannot be sure of having enough to eat each day, leaving the country…
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Kate Green: We should use foreign aid to create work opportunities for refugees
Kate Green MP blogs oh how foreign aid can create opportunities for refugees “I brought everything from my house, everything I could fit in the car and carry. I even brought my tea mug with me.” These are the words of Maher Mahmoud Al Haresh, a Syrian refugee I met in Jordan last week. Small…
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Uganda’s Forgotten Crisis: Why Labour must call for Britain to remain a force for good in the world
Libby Smith is Head of Advocacy at The Coalition for Global Prosperity Barely a day goes by where we don’t see horrific pictures showing the devastating impact of war splashed across our front pages. We are facing the largest refugee crisis since World War II and yet Uganda, home to over 1 million refugees, rarely…
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The big neglected development issue
LCID member Martin Drewry blogs on the War on Drugs Ask a typical activist what the main causes of global poverty are – and they’ll probably say things like trade, tax dodging, international debt, climate change, 0.7%… But I’m betting not many would mention one of the biggest factors of all – the so-called War…
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Results from LCID Survey
We’re always looking to get our members more involved with out work. We recently surveyed our members about what events they would like us to host, and how they would like to be involved. Here are some of the results from the survey:
Labour Campaign for International Development 