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NGOs Articles

Chilled out

The Lobbying Act is silencing the voices of non-party campaigners, writes Stephen Bubb Cast your mind back, for a moment, to the months before this election campaign began. Last summer we were looking forward to the then-anticipated leaders’ debates between the three...

Making the IF campaign a success

I recently attended the parliamentary launch of the Enough Food for Everyone IF campaign at Speaker’s House. The argument that the UK is and should be a force for good in the world is often a central part of the political narrative on development. Politicians will...

Public want to see how overseas aid works

Development secretary, Andrew Mitchell, says it is ‘really insulting’ when critics say what he does ‘is just about detoxifying the Conservative party’. He claims ‘there is a deep passion and commitment to international development’ in his party. Whether you believe...

It’s the exit, stupid

As the decade-long mission in Afghanistan comes to an end, now might be the time to start asking what the lessons are from the Nato mission for future humanitarian intervention efforts and specifically how important it is to have an exit plan for future mission...