🚨JUST ANNOUNCED: Labour will create Great British Railways.

Under Labour our railways will be:

✅Publicly owned
✅Passenger focused
✅Fit for the future

Only Labour has a plan to get our trains back on track:

labour.org.uk/get-britain-mo…

So enjoyed speaking at The Global Goals dinner last week.

As we enter the second half of the Goals, we must redouble our efforts for a successful IDA replenishment, to support the World Bank reform agenda and to act as long-term partners with the Global South.

#FinanceTheFuture

UK aid has been badly managed in recent years. Labour will take a more strategic approach for greater impact & value for money:

➡️Return to 0.7% as fiscal circumstances allow

➡️Focus on the poorest people and countries

➡️Do more to boost jobs and growth with the global south

The Colonna Report makes clear that donors should have confidence in UNRWA.

Ministers must now come forward and explain how they intend to respond to the report and if they will restore future funding for UNRWA.

It is an essential lifeline in Gaza.

news.un.org/en/story/2024/…

Happy St George’s Day from all of us at the Labour Party!

The crisis in Sudan due to the generals' year-long war is an utter catastrophe. We must not avert our gaze. Today I used an urgent question in Parliament to focus the Govt's attention on the plight of the Sudanese people. #KeepEyesOnSudan youtu.be/3Fn0nYjDqqk

Happy Passover to Jewish people celebrating here and across the world.

Chag Sameach!

Honoured to have been launched as ⁦The Labour Party⁩ Parliamentary candidate for Kingswinford and ⁦South Staffordshire and Kingswinford Labour Party⁩ today.
As a Black Country woman I am determined to help bring home a Labour government for the change we desperately need. I can’t wait to get started!

My message in the US this week - with Labour the UK would:

➡️Restore development as a key pillar of our internationalism.

➡️Bring new and creative ideas to the table on debt, climate & private finance.

➡️Support partners in the Global South to eliminate poverty through growth.

Lovely to meet Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli

We’re looking forward to a very fruitful partnership with her leadership at the ONE

Productive meetings with partners in Congress.

The US-UK special relationship is essential for our prosperity and security at home, but also for supporting the global institutions and systems which will unlock growth and economic development around the world.

Thanks to Melinda French Gates for her time to talk about the UK’s valued partnership with the Gates Foundation.

For real, lasting change we need governments, philanthropy and the private sector working together towards shared goals.

Enjoyed speaking at the Inclusive Growth Summit today.

Anyone, anywhere in the world should be able to make a meaningful contribution to their community and country.

With the right support we can unleash the huge potential for growth that benefits us all.

Grateful to Amina J Mohammed for her time today to discuss the importance of the global goals and the need for much greater cooperations between nations to achieve change.

Enjoyed meeting World Bank Ajay Banga this morning.

Under a Labour government the UK will be fully behind the World Bank’s reform agenda to focus on creating growth and good jobs of the future .

We can start by creating more opportunities for women entrepreneurs worldwide.

Coming live shortly …

I’ll be in conversation with the Atlantic Council later today, talking about Labour’s plans for international development policy and reconnecting Britain to the world.

You can stream live on the below link from 15:15 UK time

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youtube.com/live/Dk2JXQiJ3…

Good to see Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and discuss what more the UK can do on debt sustainability and to help boost the international finance needed for climate change adaptation, especially in small island states like Barbados.

“If UNRWA can’t continue its operations, the whole humanitarian system in Gaza collapses.

Time has run out for hundreds of thousands of people across Gaza and the world has to act.”

My comments to the Guardian ahead of meetings in Washington today. 👇
theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

Grateful to catch up with Anna Bjerde and discuss our deep support for the World Bank’s agenda to create a world free from poverty on a liveable planet, and especially our shared commitment to empower women and girls.