Budget 2012: The consequences of failing to hit the 0.7% aid target laid bare
Richard Serunjogi of the Labour Campaign for International Development lays out the stark consequences of any failure to meet the 0.7 per cent aid target.
Brexit & Foreign Policy
International development: The UK’s most popular ‘unpopular policy’
Sam Bacon, of the Global Poverty Project, urges the chancellor to commit to the 0.7 per cent target of UK GNI to be spent on international development.
The World Outside Westminster – Cameron, Karzai and the Republicans
Tom Rouse looks back at the world’s news this week, including David Cameron’s visit to the US, plus the latest from the GOP race, Afghanistan and Syria.
England in Sri Lanka: When sport and politics collide
Following the questioning of England captain Andrew Strauss over the tour to Sri Lanka, Ben Mitchell looks at what happens when sport and politics collide.
Trident: Should Labour call for it to be scrapped?
Labour should back the scrapping of Trident, writes Toby Fenwick, author of the CentreForum report “Dropping the bomb: a post Trident future”.
Sarkozy v Hollande: French presidential race hots up
Nicolas Sarkozy is set to take the lead in the first round of the French presidential elections 28.5% to Francois Hollande’s 27%, new polling revealed today.
On Europe, Lib Dem voters are closer to the Tories than Nick Clegg
On Europe, Nick Clegg is less in tune with his own voters than the Tories, a new YouGov poll reveals.
Desperate Sarkozy cranks up the anti-immigration rhetoric
Cllr Sanchia Alasia reports on French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s anti-Schengen, pro-protectionism speech last week, as the French election campaign hots up.
The World Outside Westminster – Joseph Kony: World’s Most Wanted?
The focus of the world has been on a viral video, ‘Kony 2012’, which exposes the actions of Joseph Kony, leader of the Lords Resistance Army in central Africa.
Britain and the Chinese: From exploiter to supplicant?
The UK once exploited the Chinese, but is it now a supplicant to their government?