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Labour Campaign for International Development is run by Labour supporters, keen to push international development to top of the Party's agenda. Please join!
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This morning, Reform UK held a press conference announcing its budget plans, which include axing the international aid budget. Read this statement from our chair @heathernstaff.bsky.social in response.
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
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We’re delighted to host the launch of ‘Promising Development: The Future of Aid in an Uncertain World’ with our partners Coalition for Global Prosperity @thefabians.bsky.social @savechildrenuk.bsky.social & Betterworld F

📆 Monday 17th November 18.30-20.30
🎫 Tickets are going fast - register below
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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It was a huge pleasure to spend #Lab25 with so many brilliant LCID MPs, members & partners, discussing all things international development. Thank you to everyone who joined us for a rich set of panels & events.

And if you’re not yet a member, join us! lcid.org.uk
October 2, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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💥It’s been a jam-packed second day at #Lab25, full of energy and ideas on the future of international development.

Check out our pinned post for tomorrow’s agenda 🗓️
September 29, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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It’s day two of #Lab25 and we have another packed agenda, with our brilliant speakers and partners.
September 29, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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We ended the first day of #Lab25 with the @bondngo.bsky.social @labourcid.bsky.social international development reception.

LCID chair @heathernstaff.bsky.social told the room : “We have not lost the campaign for international development. We need to win the moral fight and not give up.”
September 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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We are pleased to announce that the LCID executive committee and officers have elected to nominate @lucympowell.bsky.social for Labour Party Deputy Leader.

You can read the statements from both candidates here: lcid.org.uk/deputyleader...
September 27, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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A world free of poverty is core to our Labour values - it is why LCID was founded. But we live in dark times for our cause.

Promising Development, a collection of 11 essays co-released by @thefabians.bsky.social and LCID shows us a path forward.

Read it here fabians.org.uk/publication/...
September 23, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Join us and our partners for a packed programme of events at Labour Conference 2025, where we’ll be diving into all things international development.

Save this schedule and see you in Liverpool! #Lab25
September 20, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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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
July 30, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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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!
July 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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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!
May 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Our reaction to Spring Statement 👇
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.
March 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Our response to the announcement on cutting overseas aid 👇
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.
February 26, 2025 at 8:47 PM
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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
December 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM