Today Angela Rayner visited Safaricom Ethiopia, UK’s biggest investment in Ethiopia. Since launching in 2022, Safaricom Ethiopia has transformed digital connectivity in 🇪🇹 and brought financial inclusion for millions in Ethiopia. Vodafone Group British International Investment #GoFarGoTogether

After spending last week in Ukraine, I welcome the PM increasing defence spending. Today, in Parliament, I urged for innovative ways to increase development finance. Read my statement in full below: 👇

Our response to the announcement on cutting INT'L aid👇🏼

I could not agree more with this from LCID

This is a v important statement - solidarity with LCID.

Brilliant appointment. Congratulations Harriet Harman we look forward to working with you on ensuring women and girls are at the core of Labour’s development agenda 🌹

Congratulations Jenny Chapman we look forward to working with you on prioritising the most vulnerable people in the poorest countries.

It was an honour to attend a reception hosted by King Charles and WaterAid UK 💦 at Buckingham Palace! Access to clean water = access to education & opportunity. Millions of girls spend hours collecting water instead of going to school. Clean water changes that. #Water4Climate

Our reaction to the Spring Statement 👇🏼

My piece in this week's Church Times on having the imagination to make poverty history & why maintaining (or even raising) the overseas development budget ought to be a vote winner: churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/…

"The received wisdom in Westminster that cutting international aid plays well electorally no longer holds currency." Heather Staff and Libby Smith of the Labour Campaign for International Development write: labourlist.org/2025/05/aid-cu…

Our Chair and Vice-Chair @heatherstaff 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-cu…

📣 We are delighted to launch the brand new LCID website. Do check it out at lcid.org.uk

“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 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

With decisions being made about where the UK development spending cuts will fall, we need to see continued investment in programmes that specifically support women and girls. Here’s three explanations as to why this is important and how it can be achieved 🧵

May has been a bumper month of activity for LCID - from our chairs writing in LabourList about aid & the local elections, to a parliamentary reception with MPs, and a private roundtable with Save the Children UK on in-donor refugee costs. And lots more to come over the summer!

Yesterday afternoon Labour’s affiliated Socialist Societies had the privilege of visiting 10 Downing Street. Labour in power, under our Prime Minister Keir Starmer, is delivering on our promises and creating growth. Huge thanks to Claire Reynolds.

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 for Wycombe 🌹. There’s much more to do but it’s a good start reuters.com/business/finan…

UK fund to fight antibiotic resistance axed in ‘astonishing’ cut ⁦International Development Committee⁩ thetimes.com/uk/science/art…

This evening we were delighted to welcome Sarah Champion 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 address the aid cuts and build future programmes.