Attacks on foreign aid show the worst form of populism, warns David Miliband
Donald Trump’s executive order banning refugees sent “a pernicious smoke signal” to the world about the risk to humanitarian values,…
International Development
Jon Ashworth: The problems are building for May as Osborne goes off to play Rambo
As August and the Prime Minister’s walking holiday roll on, the problems piling up for Theresa May when…
Ian Austin: Let’s use the aid budget to promote peace in the Middle East and ensure our money never funds violence
British aid feeds 25 million under-fives. It supports midwives, nurses and doctors so 4.3 million babies can…
Diane Abbott: Why Brexit puts at risk the aid which goes to the world’s poorest
Labour cares about international development both because our international work for development – fighting poverty and improving the…
It is vital that Labour remains committed to tackling poverty and inequality abroad as well as at home
Today the International Development Committee released our first report of the new Parliament, focusing on the plight of…
The return of foreign policy
By Mike Buckley and Joe Walker Amidst the noise this election campaign has highlighted some important differences between…
Ed Miliband speech to Labour’s International Development rally
Speaking at an International Development rally in London this afternoon, Ed Miliband said: Thank you. I’d like to…
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…
Labour criticise Coalition’s aid plans and Ebola response
Mary Creagh, Shadow International Development Secretary, has attacked the Government for reducing aid going to Sierra Leone and…
Do not forget about the women of Afghanistan
Last month the last British combat troops left Camp Bastion in Afghanistan, ending a thirteen year-long military campaign…
