Tag: Tory Threat
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Why have The Times got the knives out for DfID?
This post was first posted on Left Foot Forward. Following on from The Times’s coverage of the International Policy Network’s allegations against DfID’s funding of the TUC – allegations that Left Foot Forward showed to be unfounded – they have once again fuelled the aid sceptics’ fire with several leading articles in their paper today.
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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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Allegations on TUC’s development role without foundation
Posted on Left Foot Forward on Friday A slew of recent articles seek to undermine the important and justifiable role for the Trades Union Congress in delivering development policy. On Monday, The Times reported that “The Government is giving the Trades Union Congress millions of pounds from its foreign aid budget to pay for the education
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Article slamming Conservatives’ policies by Director of the UN’s Human Development Report Office
Fantastic article in today’s Guardian slamming the Conservatives’ policies on development by Kevin Watkins, Director of the UN’s Human Development Report Office, and former Head of Policy at Oxfam. Cameron’s slum dogma The Conservative plan for overseas aid treats Africa as a laboratory for free-market ideology You don’t win general elections in Britain by fighting
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Left Foot Forward: Analysing the Tories’ false claims on development
This is first of many articles we hope to be writing for Left Foot Forward. On January 1st, Andrew Mitchell was interviewed in The Guardian outlining the Conservatives’ priorities on international development. Here Left Foot Forward analyses some of the Tory claims. Claim #1: DFID is too scattergun in its approach In the Conservatives’ Green
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A comparison of Labour & Conservative positions on international development
With only months to go until the next election, international development has not been high on the political agenda. The Copenhagen summit and the issues raised there relating to international development have brought some much needed attention to the area. But this must be built upon and in particular the threat of a Tory government
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Letter to The Guardian in response to their lack of scrutiny of Tory aid plans
Sir, I was disappointed to see The Guardian give a platform to the Tories international development plans today without any attempt to scrutinise them. The Tories claim they will not cut the aid budget is undermined not only by their record under Thatcher, when it was halved, but also by their failure to guarantee that
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Conservative Careerism in Rwanda
Just stumbled upon this Independent article about Cameron’s ‘development’ project in Rwanda. Compassionate Conservatism or a chance for self promotion? Here are some extracts: “…Handily, it can also benefit the political careers of the volunteers. Our group included Andrew Mitchell, the shadow International Development Secretary, Nick Hurd, shadow Minister for Charities, Social Enterprise and Volunteering,
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Douglas Alexander on Copenhagen – Progress Article
Article by Douglas Alexander on Copenhagen for Progress. For the world’s poor an agreement in Copenhagen is not a window of opportunity but a window of necessity Last weekend tens of thousands of progressives took to the streets in London, Glasgow and Belfast and this weekend the Global Day of Action showed again the strength
Labour Campaign for International Development 