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Today is World Aids Day, an opportunity to remember the 1.5 million people who died of Aids in 2013, and the 39 million who have died in the last 30 years. World Aids Day is also an opportunity to remind ourselves of one of Labour’s proudest moments in government. Ten...

Labour must aim to abolish international aid —Global policy – whether it is about conflict, trade or economics – occasionally appears to be a discussion at a distance from ordinary British people. In part this is because of the scale of the challenges we face, but...

The Department for International Development holds a special place in the heart of the Labour party. After all, we set it up, we made it a world leader, and we brought about real change – not least through the 2005 Gleneagles Agreement to drop the debt and take steps...

Saturday 8 March 2014 marks International Women’s Day and women, and some men, will want to mark it in some way. In Westminster MPs took part in debates highlighting the different conditions that women live and work under in different parts of the globe: a debate in...