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Sarah Champion MP: The government is ‘failing the world’s poorest’
'We desperately need a clear commitment to international development with well targeted aid that listens to the Global South.'
Aid
Priti Patel and the Tory Right don’t believe in helping the global poor
Or the UK poor, come to that
Why we can’t forget Kate Osamor’s legacy on international development
Though not perfect, Osamor started Labour on a path to a genuinely democratic, progressive international aid policy. Here's what her successor must build on.
Theresa May has crossed a line on international aid
Aid should not be a tool of business and military interests. It ought to be a mechanism for the global redistribution of wealth, a form of reparations for the historical injustices which underlie global inequality today.
Community and religious groups are having to fill the gaps left by austerity
Aid and welfare have become the concerns of local people following cuts to local services across Europe
EU is ready to deliver aid to Syria, but Assad is blocking all efforts
Bombing of Aleppo calls for urgent humanitarian action - the EU is ready to help