Labour’s effort to enshrine UK aid in law is far from over
Whenever development hits the press, the Tory right hit the roof. Yesterday’s papers were full of reports that…
Jim Murphy
From Primark to prawns: we shouldn’t ignore workers’ rights and Labour won’t
Anyone who has read today’s papers will have seen the deeply troubling reports of what appear to be…
Is Alistair Darling being replaced at Better Together?
This morning’s Daily Mail claims that Alistair Darling has been quietly dumped as chief of Better Together, the…
Jim Murphy has set out an ambitious (and Labour) vision for development
Since its earliest days Labour has been an internationalist party and proud of it, too. From Keir Hardy…
The Syrian conflict is three years old, and things are bleak
I’ve arrived in Lebanon for my first ever visit to the country. My immediate impressions are that it’s…
Young Syrians shouldn’t be the lasting victims of this bloody war
When we think about the crisis in Syria it’s only natural that we start with the immediate threats…
To the extent that Nelson Mandela had mainland neighbours in the 1980’s I was one of them
Jim Murphy MP grew up in South Africa in the time of apartheid, he reflects on the life…
Labour campaigns matter. And in development they change the world
The Philippines is a long way from home, and for many British families understandably it’s not top of…
People in Tacloban have suffered a terrible loss
The normal thing to do when you are flying into a new city and you have a window…
This is a full-blown humanitarian crisis – can you help?
Imagine if it had been us. Up to 10,000 dead, more than half a million displaced. Schools and…
