Tag: 0.7%
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Questions grow over DfID’s ‘ring-fenced’ budget
Rumours over the security of DfID’s budget have been mounting over the last few weeks. Today in the Guardian, Madeleine Bunting raises questions over the pressure coming from the Right for Cameron’s government to change their approach to the international development budget. The Coalition Government came to power promising to ring-fence international development spending, yet
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The coalition in development: a bluer shade of green
First posted on Progress Online as part of Steve’s regular column. The Lib Dems have not fought the corner of international development – they are absent from DfID and big ideas such as the Robin Hood Tax have been dropped When analysing the influence of the coalition partners on their joint programme for international development, we
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Our letter on aid gets mentioned in The Guardian
Today The Guardian notes our letter to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury on our concerns the ConDem Government is trying to water down the UK’s aid budget. Read the article here (see the bottom paragraph).
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Letter to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury: UK spending on Overseas Development Assistance
Last week, the Coalition Government announced in it’s programme for International Development that it would “stick to the rules laid down by the OECD about what spending counts as aid.” But many NGOs are critical of the OECD’s laws, with organisations such as Aid Watch arguing that many EU Governments count non-aid items as aid
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Vote 2010: International development – A big choice election
First published on Left Foot Forward. International development has not grabbed the headlines in this election – and that’s a great shame, because not only has it meant a worrying lack of scrutiny of the Conservative Party’s aid policies, but it has hidden from view one of Labour’s most progressive and positive achievements of the last
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Labour’s Manifesto on International Development
Extract from Labour’s manifesto The global poverty emergency: our moral duty, our common interest Labour’s international leadership on development has helped transform the lives of millions across the world. Yet too many people still live in extreme poverty, die from treatable diseases, or are denied the chance to go to school. We will lead an
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Gordon: Our commitment to making poverty history
Here is a quick message from Gordon Brown from Labour’s blog on the campaign trail: “One part of Labour’s record that has inspired a lot of young people in particular is our commitment to making poverty history. I have given a number of speeches about that over the years, but today I did another GB on
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LCID reacts to the 2010 Budget
The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling today delivered the final budget before the election – and Britain has kept its promise to the worlds’ poorest. The Department for International Development will have a budget of £7.8billion in the next financial year, up from £6.3billion in 2009-10. This £1.5 billion increase will provide vital
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OECD: Britain meets aid promises, EU partners fall behind
First posted on Left Foot Forward. In 2005, the 15 EU countries who are members of the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) committed to spend 0.51 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI) by 2010. Today, the OECD reported that Britain was among a number of countries to have met that commitment but centre-right governments across
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LCID backs the Robin Hood Tax
Today sees the launch of the Robin Hood Tax campaign by many of the key organisations responsible for the Make Poverty History campaign 5 years ago, including Oxfam, the TUC, ActionAid and Save the Children, backed by Comic Relief founder and film maker Richard Curtis. LCID would like to urge all party members to get behind
Labour Campaign for International Development 