Tag: 0.7%
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Guardian Editorial on the Tories plans on DfID and the MOD
Good editorial piece in The Guardian on the questions surrounding the concerns the Tories will divert the aid budget to the MoD… “International development: Coming to the aid of the party The Disasters Emergency Committee launched its appeal for Haiti yesterday. The earthquake death toll may never be known precisely. But the terrible cost of politically motivated…
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Make 0.7% aid spending UK law
In 2005, due largely to campaigning by many of us as part of the Make Poverty History campaign, world leaders promised to increase aid spending to 0.7% of their Gross National Income. Labour is tripling our aid budget and is committed to reaching the target by 2013. Now we need to make that promise a…
Labour Campaign for International Development 