Tag: Trade
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LCID make a new friend at Progress Conference 2013
Members of the LCID Exec team were delighted to welcome Peter Mandelson to their stall at yesterday’s Progress Conference. The former Trade Minister (and Labour Party legend) spoke of the importance of international development on UK trade. The team had a really successful day, gathering lots of interest in the campaign and new
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DFID supporting unions to make a difference in the world, not corrupt backhanders
Reading Carl Mortished’s article in the Times on Monday you’d think that they had discovered a corrupt and secret way for the Labour Party to pass money to the unions. But then on closer inspection you realize that all the information is in fact clearly and transparently available on the TUC and DFID websites. The Times
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Have a break, have a [Fairtrade] Kit Kat
Great news today as Kit Kat, Britain’s biggest selling chocolate biscuit, will go Fairtrade from January. About 1 billion Kit Kats are sold every year in the UK and the switch is set to guarantee a better deal for more than 6,000 Ivorian cocoa farmers. Gareth Thomas MP, our Trade & Development Minister said: “I
Labour Campaign for International Development 