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We must act now and air-drop life saving aid into the starving cities in Syria
LCID is joining the call for Theresa May to authorise immediate airdrops of food and medicine to people trapped in besieged areas of Syria. We are running out of time to help the 275,000 civilians trapped in east Aleppo. The head of the White Helmets Raed al-Saleh has said that Aleppo’s residents are less than 10 days from…
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The CDC has a poor track record – it doesn’t deserve a £12 billion reward, paid for out of our aid
LCID is urging MPs to vote against the Commonwealth Development Corporation (CDC) Bill next Tuesday 29th November. The bill will increase the amount of UK aid that can be spent by the CDC from £1.5 billion to £6 billion – and possibly as much as £12 billion. A strong private sector is essential to the eradication of poverty in any country. But the CDC…
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Leadership Contest
The Labour Campaign for International Development has decided to suspend our membership scheme until after the conclusion of the Labour Leadership contest, as have a number of other socialist societies. If you would like to find out more information about LCID, including our planned events at this year’s conference, you can sign up to our…
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A Responsibility to Protect
We believe Labour is an internationalist party with a proud record of fighting injustices around the world, from supporting Indian independence, to the anti-apartheid struggle, to leading action to protect civilians in Sierra Leone and Kosovo. As Robin Cook said, we must never ‘turn a blind eye to how other governments behave and a deaf…
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Rest in Peace Jo
Like everyone, we are devastated at the loss of Jo Cox MP. As her husband Brendan said, Jo believed in a better world and she fought for it every day of her life. And the world is a better place because of Jo. From her time at Oxfam to her campaigning as an MP for the protection of…
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Why It Is Time to Call Time on the British Treasure Islands
By Stephen Doughty MP, Labour and Co-operative MP for Cardiff South and Penarth and LCID Vice-President –@SDoughtyMP This piece originally featured on the Huffington Post website With the startling revelations that have come to light in the Panama Papers over the past few days, it is all too easy to brush this aside another example of…
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Slashing our overseas aid budget would be the truly ‘mad’ decision
By Stephen Doughty MP, Labour and Co-operative MP for Cardiff South and Penarth and LCID Vice-President – @SDoughtyMP Aid is risky. Let’s be honest. But it is absolutely in our national interest, the global interest – and it is our moral duty. If you are going to operate in unstable and impoverished communities and…
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LCID Achievements 2015
As 2015 draws to a close, we look back on some of LCID’s achievements for the year – and we’d like to take this opportunity to say thank you to everyone who has supported us this year, from our members to our Honorary Presidents, our Advisory Board and our Executive Committee. 2015 highlights Convening internationalists…
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LCID Election Results
Thank you to everyone who voted in our Executive elections and attended our AGM yesterday. We are pleased to announce that the following people where elected to our Exec: David Taylor Bethan Twigg Laura Kyrke-Smith Mann Virdee Farah Nazeer Suzanne Foster Anna Gelderd Elliot Perkins Stuart McWilliam Mike Buckley Aaron Cohen-Gold Billy Hill Simon Beresford…
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LCID AGM 2015
. LCID’s AGM will take place on Tuesday 15th December at 6.30pm in the House of Commons, Committee Room 7. Speakers include International Development Select Committee Chair Stephen Twigg MP, and LCID Honorary Vice-President Alison McGovern MP. Please note this is for LCID members only – you can join here.
Labour Campaign for International Development 