Tag: G8
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G8 Summit: Gordon Brown worked harder than David Cameron – and at the G8, it shows
In today’s Telegraph, Kirsty McNeill, LCID Advisory Board Co-Chair, contrasts the Cameron’s weak efforts at this year’s G8 with the achievements of Blair and Brown at previous summits: Since the UK last hosted the G8 in 2005, the keys to Downing Street have changed hands twice – once to an occupant who was in his
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David Cameron must use the G8 summit to forge a global consensus to fight tax evasion, says Baroness Kinnock
David Cameron must use the G8 summit to forge a global consensus to fight tax evasion, says Baroness Kinnock Wales Online has reported that our Honourary Co-President Baroness Glenys Kinnock has called on David Cameron to use the G8 summit to crack down on tax avoidance. Click the link to read the full article.
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To combat tax avoidance, tough talk is not enough
To combat tax avoidance, tough talk is not enough The prime minister has given us plenty of tough talk about cracking down on tax avoidance. Whether he can deliver a concrete agreement will be a crucial test of his leadership. In 2005, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown emerged from the Gleneagles summit with a concrete
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Richard Darlington writes for New Statesman on why Cameron has two weeks to save the world
Richard Darlington writes for New Statesman on why Cameron has two weeks to save the world Richard Darlington, former Special Advisor and now Head of News at IPPR, examines the challenges facing David Cameron during the G8 and questions the impact of today’s BigIF summit in Hyde Park.
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Cameron fails to fight for world’s poor as G8 drops $50bn aid pledge
First posted on Left Foot Forward. When Harriet Harman asked David Cameron last week to give due credit to Gordon Brown for his work on development, he replied: “I’d be delighted to, if he could be bothered to turn up to this House.” Apart from being disrespectful to a former prime minister and Chancellor respected
Labour Campaign for International Development 