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LCID welcomes focus on inequality in new Labour policy paper on international development
The Labour Party has a proud history of internationalism. From the establishment of the Ministry of Overseas Development in 1964 to the creation of the Department for International Development in 1997, Labour has shown time and again that internationalism is in our DNA. We have always fought for justice and equality at home and abroad,…
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LCID Submission to the Labour International Development Task Force
Labour has always fought for justice and equality for all both at home and abroad. That must continue. Whilst the world has changed and remains in constant flux, one thing remains constant: Labour values of cooperation and internationalism are the ones to guide us in a globalised world. This submission presents seven areas of priority…
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Aid should remain focused on the world’s poorest
Our reaction to the Penny Mordaunt’s call to spend UK aid “in the national interest”: Penny Mordaunt is right to praise the generosity of the UK public, who want our aid budget to be spent on the people who need it the most. Therefore, her call to reshape our aid to address UK interests is…
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Labour frontbench position on the Assad regime must be clarified
Together with our friends at Syria Solidarity UK, LCID have written to Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry asking her to clarify Labour’s position on the Assad regime. This follows her remarks in the Commons on Monday, in Hansard here. The letter is below and a PDF copy can be viewed here. Dear Ms Thornberry, We…
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Everything You Need To Know About The New Secretary of State for International Development
They say a week is a long time in politics – but for the Prime Minister this is a week she will want to end pretty quickly. With 40 questions tabled for answer on Monday, however, pressure is still on No. 10, DfID, and the FCO. After days of half-truths, alleged cover-ups, and a Secretary…
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A Labour Approach to Development – LCID’s manifesto for 2017
We’d like to share with our supporters LCID’s submission to the Labour Party’s 2017 manifesto. Building on our 2015 manifesto, and our campaigning on aid and Syria and the Responsibility to Protect, below are the our policies we would like included in Labour’s manifesto: Aid Labour should maintain our global leadership position on aid, spending…
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Syria’s people deserve our protection
LCID’s statement on the chemical attack by the Syrian regime in Idlib. >> Add your name by clicking here. << We believe civilian protection should be at the heart of the UK’s foreign policy. The UK is a signatory to the UN’s Responsibility to Protect civilians agreement, and it is time for that to be recognised. Where…
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Our Responsibility to Protect Civilians
Civilians caught up in conflict deserve our protection. Jo Cox was working on a report on the responsibility to protect civilians (R2P) with the Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat, which our Vice President Alison McGovern has assisted in finishing. Today that report launches, and you can read it here. To coincide with the launch of this report, we…
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Urgent: Email your MP this morning and urge them to attend today’s emergency debate on Syria
Unimaginable horror was unfolding in Aleppo last night. There are reportsof children, women, men, medics being summarily executed by pro-Assad forces. Boris Johnson needs to come forward with a comprehensive plan for protecting civilians in Syria. Please email your MP now and urge them to attend today’s emergency debate on Syria at 12.30 – and…
Labour Campaign for International Development 