LCID

We and the Labour Foreign Policy Group have issued a joint response to the Prime Minister’s statement on Gaza.

@heathernstaff.bsky.social @peymana.bsky.social

30.07.2025 07:17 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

This evening we were delighted to welcome @sarahchampionmp.bsky.social to speak at our first ‘in conversation’ event for members.

🎙️Sarah shared a wealth of insights with members, including on the very necessary work that’s happening to challenge the aid cuts in Parliament. Thank you Sarah!

17.07.2025 19:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

UK government launches group to tackle sovereign debt in developing economies The British government has created a coalition to bring together the private sector and government to help developing countries make their sovereign debt more sustainable and continue to access private investment.

Debt relief means the poorest countries can spend taxpayers’ money on healthcare, not interest payments.

We welcome the launch of the London Coalition on Sustainable Sovereign Debt, chaired by Emma Reynolds. Although there’s much more to do, it’s a good start www.reuters.com/business/fin...

27.06.2025 16:32 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

May’s been a bumper month of activity for @labourcid.bsky.social - from our chairs writing in LabourList about aid & the local elections, to a parliamentary reception with MPs, and a private roundtable with @savechildrenuk.bsky.social on in-donor refugee costs. And lots more to come over the summer!

29.05.2025 16:06 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

The Guardian view on Britain’s new aid vision: less cash, more spin. The cost will be counted in lives | Editorial Editorial: With development assistance cuts, ministers have traded responsibility for rhetoric and borrowed from Donald Trump’s playbook

“Lives will be lost, does Britain care?”. The Guardian’s editorial says the aid cuts will leave the world’s poorest to fend for themselves www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

19.05.2025 10:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

📣 We are delighted to launch the brand new @labourcid.bsky.social website. Do check it out at lcid.org.uk

12.05.2025 16:17 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

'These lesser-noticed local election results show aid cuts are backfiring' - LabourList Aid cuts are a blow to Britain’s role on the world stage and to Labour's vote share, the Labour campaign for international development argues.

Our Chair and Vice-Chair @heathernstaff.bsky.social and Libby Smith reflect on what the local election results tell us about the decision to cut the aid budget labourlist.org/2025/05/aid-...

04.05.2025 07:58 — 👍 5    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 2

Statement reads: The Chancellor's decision to accelerate the aid cuts is a further blow to Britain's international role. We are all kept safer and stronger by balancing defence, diplomacy and development - we regret that this government is moving in the wrong direction.

Our reaction to Spring Statement 👇

26.03.2025 19:35 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

Just posting this here from @labourcid.bsky.social Over a decade working in the global development & justice space, inspired into @teamlabouruk.bsky.social by people like Clare Short & Gordon Brown, so can’t really let this one pass…

25.02.2025 18:44 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Text statement from LCID which reads: After the Tories hollowed out Britain’s defences, only Labour can be trusted to rebuild our national security. As internationalists, we believe in Britain’s global role and the need to stand up to Russia and stand with Ukraine. We agree that the UK should spend more on defence but not at the expense of our overseas development budget.   However, the decision to slash aid spending by 40%, to its lowest level since the 1990s, will see the world’s most vulnerable pay the price. Such a severe cut will see fragile states made more fragile, poor people made poorer, and the impacts of climate change made harsher. In the poorest parts of the world, we risk seeing our adversaries advance and seeing forced global migration accelerate.   In turn, this cut will see threats to our international security grow – not shrink. In a time of geopolitical upheaval, this is the moment for the UK to stand tall and project our values in all corners of the world - through the balance of defence, development and diplomacy. We urge the government to think again.

Our response to the announcement on cutting overseas aid 👇

26.02.2025 20:47 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 1

2024 was a busy year for LCID with a fantastic labour conference. Great to end the year with a Christmas meet up and a lovely reception put on by Minister Dodds with Chair @heathernstaff.bsky.social, LCID founder David Taylor MP, @leilabousbaa.bsky.social @roulinkhondoker.bsky.social

21.12.2024 16:00 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1