Politics

With a new parliament comes a record 335 new MPs, which means a fresh chance to create parliamentary engagement for your organisation’s concerns. Government relations and public affairs manager Paul Abernathy offers tips on how to best engage the new crop.

UK health spending has dwindled in recent years, hampering Britain’s status as a champion of health for all. Action for Global Health’s Stocktake Review is a blueprint through which the UK government can regain its position as champion of global health.

With all the major parties having now released their manifestos, we have been looking at what they each say about international development, and consider what this might mean for the sector in the next parliament.

By framing the crisis in Gaza as predominately a humanitarian issue, are we ignoring the main drivers of the crisis? Bond’s Maryam Mohsin examines how inaccurate language is allowing the international community to ignore Palestinian priorities, including investing in civic space, advocacy and peacebuilding.

Following the release of the provisional UK aid statistics, we look at what the numbers reveal, including a sustained heavy spend from the Home Office, and how that has effected work on poverty reduction.

Forcibly moving vulnerable people to a country with a high risk of refoulment breaches the UK’s international and domestic obligations. These policies can silence victims of human trafficking and modern slavery who may fear expulsion from the country, meaning they stay trapped in exploitation.

At Bond, over the last few months we’ve been working to develop our sector manifesto, ‘A Global System for People and Planet’, which will be launched at an event in Parliament this evening. Here is how we put it together.