Comment Scrapping DfID amid a global crisis is wrong. The Co-op Party will fight it The Department for International Development, set up under the last Labour government to co-ordinate international aid and development,… Joe Fortune 14th July, 2020, 3:45 pm
Comment Why the DfID and FCO merger is a mistake The Department for International Development (DfID) was created under a Labour government in 1997 as an independent department… Halima Begum 22nd June, 2020, 5:30 pm
News Corbyn condemns “grotesque abuse” amid claims British aid sent to Syrian extremists Jeremy Corbyn has mounted a defence of Britain’s overall spending on international aid and demanded answers from Theresa… Peter Edwards 6th December, 2017, 9:28 am
News Party members wanted Brexit vote at conference, LabourList survey shows Delegates at party conference should have been given a vote on Brexit, LabourList readers have said. Just over… Peter Edwards 15th October, 2017, 8:00 pm
Comment John Woodcock and Alison McGovern: It was easy to forget Syria during the election. That cannot continue. The crisis in Syria has been with us for so long that it has become easy to forget… 15th July, 2017, 5:45 pm
Comment Corbyn is right to be angry over inequality and global poverty – but Labour will not win by pledging to smash the system I agree with Jeremy Corbyn – things need to change. This government has failed to deliver for… Jessica Toale 3rd May, 2017, 11:30 am
Comment The priority must be aid to Aleppo and pressure for a ceasefire – Corbyn’s letter to Theresa May over Syria bloodshed As MPs debated the suffering in Syria today Jeremy Corbyn today wrote to Theresa May demanding she take… Jeremy Corbyn 13th December, 2016, 5:08 pm
News Corbyn speech disrupted as Peter Tatchell leads protest over Syria Jeremy Corbyn’s speech on human rights today was disrupted by Peter Tatchell and demonstrators angry over his stance… Peter Edwards 10th December, 2016, 1:23 pm
Comment We must come together to tackle the global epidemic of violence against women and girls – Corbyn and Sarah Champion This is the full statement published by Jeremy Corbyn and Sarah Champion to mark the United Nations’ international… 25th November, 2016, 8:39 am
Comment Beyond Aid: Labour’s ambition for a radical development agenda This is an edited version of Glenys Kinnock and Stephen Doughty’s introduction to their pamphlet ‘Beyond Aid: Labour’s… 2nd March, 2015, 2:30 pm