Tag: LCID
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Sign up to Robin Hood’s Saving Challenge
Rather than telling the Government how it can hack at public services to lower the deficit, why not take part in a real debate about how the economy could recover? The people over at the Robin Hood Tax are running the Saving Challenge to do just that. A series of taxes on the banks in
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Invitation: Join LCID as we host Douglas Alexander – This Tuesday!
Join Labour Campaign for International Development as we host Rt Hon Douglas Alexander, Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for International Development. Tuesday 29 June | 7.30-8.30pm Grand Committee Room, Houses of Parliament Almost five years since 250,000 marched through the streets of Edinburgh in support of Make Poverty History, and millions around the world took part in
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Robin Hood, Robin Hood, riding through….Hyde Park!
Speaker’s Corner is a famed place for freedom of speech, where the good, the bad and the ugly have all enjoyed the freedom to speak openly about their passions, causes and beliefs. On the very sunny Saturday just gone, LCID went down to hear Robin Hood and a Banker battle it out on soapboxes –
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LCID attends Rankin exhibition at 10 Downing Street
David and I were delighted that LCID were invited to 10 Downing Street to look at an exhibition by the photographer Rankin on his pictures from the DRC. The event was attended by charities, NGOs and publications looking to write a piece with a development slant. It was great to meet everyone and get a
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Tom Clarke supports LCID!
The Labour Campaign for International Development has received more Parliamentary support, this time from Tom Clarke MP. A veteran of International Development discourse, Tom Clarke is a member of the All Party Group on Overseas Development (APGOOD) and introduced the International Development (Reporting and Transparency) Bill in the House of Commons. “I am delighted to
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The Global #changewesee
Over the last two weeks, hundreds of Labour activists have been tweeting about change they’ve seen in their communities. From new schools, to refurbished hospitals, to libraries, to SureStart centres, the campaign has catalogued hundreds of examples of the tangible differences that the Labour government has made in the last 13 years and reminded us of the
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Douglas Alexander speaks at Labour Campaign for International Development Launch
Last night, the Labour Campaign for International Development officially launched at an event at the House of Commons, with an impressive audience of politicians, the international development sector and party activists. There was only room to stand as Secretary of State Douglas Alexander began his keynote speech, with Minister Mike Foster also taking questions and
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LCID Launch Tonight!
Later today, the Labour Campaign for International Development will have its official launch in an event at the House of Commons. This is an exciting day for LCID: we have already begun the debate about International Development on this website and now we have the chance to push forward, to gain support for a progressive,
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Come along to our Launch event with Douglas Alexander!
At the Houses of Parliament, on Tuesday 02 February at 7pm, we will formally launch the Labour Campaign for International Development group. Douglas Alexander, Secretary of State for International Development, will give a speech and answer your questions. The event will take place in the Wilson Room in Portcullis House at the Houses of Parliament.
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