Mandelson denied UKSV clearing before decision overruled by Foreign Office
The Guardian have revealed that Peter Mandelson was refused security clearance by UKSV, a recommendation the Foreign Office overruled...
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‘Is feminism “back” at the Foreign Office?’
Dorothy Sang of Care International asks if Yvette Cooper - as the new Foreign Secretary - can bring feminism to the Foreign Office.
The big Spending Review winners and losers among departments and ministers
New figures published as part of the government's Spending Review lay bare stark divides in the fate of different departments' day-to-day budgets in the coming years, with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office looking like the…
Spring Statement: ‘The Chancellor must not make foreign aid cuts worse’
I appreciate that tough decisions need to be made in the short term to balance the books, but our soft power is built on being a country that can be trusted to do the right thing for the right reasons – I’m banking on our Chancellor to do…
68 MPs and peers urge Lammy to slam Trump’s Gaza ‘ethnic cleansing’ plan
A group of Labour MPs and peers have written to foreign secretary David Lammy, slamming US President Donald Trump's plans to takeover Gaza as "ethnic cleansing".
Government ends suspension of funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
David Lammy has announced that the government is overturning the suspension of funding to the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees and pledged £21m of new funds to the body.
Conservatives have “decimated” Britain’s global influence, Lammy declares
David Lammy has declared that the Tories have "decimated" Britain's global influence after a report concluded that the Afghanistan withdrawal revealed "serious failings" in the operations of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office…
Labour will reverse “misguided” Foreign Office and DfID merger, Starmer says
Keir Starmer has pledged that a future Labour government would reverse the "misguided" merger carried out by the government that saw the Department for International Development subsumed into the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Speaking on…
Exclusive: Siddiq letter to Tugendhat asking for Zaghari-Ratcliffe inquiry
LabourList can exclusively reveal the letter sent by Labour MP Tulip Siddiq today to foreign affairs committee chair Tom Tugendhat asking for an inquiry into the case of her constituent Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. Siddiq, the MP for…
Labour MP Tulip Siddiq demands review into Zaghari-Ratcliffe negotiations
Tulip Siddiq MP has called for a select committee review into the negotiations between the UK government and Iranian officials to secure the release of her constituent Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe from prison. At a press conference in…
David Lammy speech: “Human rights are an integral part of Labour’s mission”
Below is the full speech on strengthening human rights delivered by Shadow Justice Secretary David Lammy to the Institute for Public Policy Research today. We must not take our human rights for granted. I know this because I am the first…
Labour asks Ofcom to “urgently review” Russia Today license
Labour has asked the communications regulator Ofcom to "urgently review" the license of Russia Today in light of the "damning revelations" in the long-awaited report published by the intelligence and security committee. In a letter to chief…