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UK And EU Prepare For September "Pressure Point" With Northern Ireland Talks This Week

27 Jul Brexit

UK and EU leaders expect talks over the Northern Ireland Protocol to reach a cliff-edge once again, with both sides still a long way off agreeing a way forward before various grace periods covering trade across the Irish Sea expire in September.

21 Jul Brexit

Government Calls For Northern Ireland Protocol To Be Drastically Rewritten

20 Jul Brexit

EU Braces For "New Thinking" From UK On Northern Ireland Protocol

19 Jul Coronavirus

Boris Johnson's Meeting With Irish Taoiseach Cancelled As PM Self-Isolates

14 Jul Foreign affairs

Government Accused Of Causing 'Irrevocable Harm" To Millions Of Marginalised Women And Girls With Foreign Aid Cut

13 Jul Foreign affairs

Boris Johnson's Controversial £4bn Aid Cut Will Go Ahead After Tory Rebellion Fails

13 Jul Economy

Rishi Sunak Accused Of Having "Hoodwinked" Tory MPs Over Foreign Aid Vote

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21 Jul Environment

For faith groups, progress on loss and damage is essential at the Glasgow climate summit

16 Jul Foreign affairs

There is little hope for a swift return to 0.7 per cent foreign aid target

15 Jul Foreign affairs

We must do more to end forced organ harvesting

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21 Jul Environment

For faith groups, progress on loss and damage is essential at the Glasgow climate summit

“The Earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it.” Psalm 24:1. What relevance might an ancient Hebrew poem, written millennia ago, have to the climate crisis?

23 Jun Defence

Defence minister Leo Docherty: "Northern Ireland is complicated. If it was easy, we would have done it already"

Leo Docherty, former army captain and minister for defence people and veterans, is bristling with energy and ideas for the armed forces. If only he can figure out who’s going to pay for the Royal Yacht replacement. Georgina Bailey joins him on a trip to Cardiff to see them in action

13 Jun Coronavirus

The Delta variant is only here because Conservative ministers failed

Throughout this pandemic, Labour has said put the national interest first. Our priorities are the priorities of the British people: saving lives, protecting livelihoods and supporting our NHS.

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UK is top in Europe for inward investment, but EU Referendum ‘threatens future performance’

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27 May 2015 Economy

UK is top in Europe for inward investment, but EU Referendum ‘threatens future performance’

The UK is Europe’s number one destination for inward investment, according to new research by EY.

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13 May 2015 Foreign affairs

Joint statement: Red Cross calls for action on migration crisis

A joint statement on the Mediterranean migration crisis, signed by 20 European Red Cross Societies and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC).

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13 May 2015 Foreign affairs

International community must work together to tackle migration crisis

The head of the British Red Cross has welcomed discussions to resolve the migration crisis in the Mediterranean, but has warned that piecemeal measures will not be the answer.

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08 May 2015 Health

New government - now we need new policies

Now the votes have been counted, the British Red Cross is already reaching out to the new MPs to help people and save lives here in the UK.

On the defensive- examining the parties’ policies on defence

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30 Apr 2015 Foreign affairs

On the defensive- examining the parties’ policies on defence

With a week to go until the election, Dods Monitoring policy specialist Roxana Cimpeanu takes a closer look at the parties’ positions on defence.

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27 Apr 2015 Education

Defence and Uncertainty lecture by Strategy and Security expert

The issues behind unforeseen events like the disorder in the Ukraine to the revolutions of the Arab Spring which caught intelligence organisations off guard, is the subject of a fascinating lecture at the University of Exeter.

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20 Apr 2015 Foreign affairs

Mott MacDonald joint venture wins place on high speed rail project, Czech Republic

A joint venture (JV) between Mott MacDonald and Sudop Praha A.S. has been appointed by Sprva Železničn Dopravn Cesty to carry out two studies for a new cross-border railway line that will connect Dresden in Germany with st nad Labem and Litoměřice in the Czech Republic.

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13 Apr 2015 Economy

Sub-Saharan Africa’s first CSP plant becomes operational, South Africa

The US$860 million KaXu Solar One concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Pofadder, South Africa has become the first in Sub-Saharan Africa to enter operation. MacDonald was lenders technical advisor during the projects financing and construction and is now monitoring operations in an ongoing role.

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02 Apr 2015 Foreign affairs

Xina Solar One CSP plant achieves financial close, South Africa

The US$880 million Xina concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Pofadder, South Africa has successfully reached financial close.

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02 Apr 2015 Foreign affairs

Free movement an 'asset' to EU economy

It's time to dispel the myth of so-called 'benefits tourism', argues Director of the European Citizen Action Service (ECAS) Assya Kavrakova

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01 Apr 2015 Foreign affairs

Mott MacDonald appointed lender’s technical advisor on Moroccan desalination plant

Mott MacDonald has been appointed lenders technical advisor by the SEDA special purpose vehicle for the development of a desalination plant in Morocco.

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26 Mar 2015 Foreign affairs

Mott MacDonald appointed to improve power network capacity, Zambia

Mott MacDonald has been appointed as project managers by ZESCO to improve the capacity of transmission network infrastructure along the Kafue-Muzuma-Victoria Falls corridor in Zambia.

25 Mar 2015 Foreign affairs

Keeping the Covenant with our Armed Forces in their time of need

Gordon Marsden MP writes about the final adjournment debate of this parliament on social care and military compensation. He calls on the Government to support the 100,000 veterans who could lose their injury compensation payments to pay for their social care costs

0.7% to aid becomes law: a historic moment for the UK

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19 Mar 2015 Foreign affairs

0.7% to aid becomes law: a historic moment for the UK

Last week, the UK government sealed its commitment to dedicating 0.7% of the UK’s income to overseas aid. On behalf of the ‘Turn Up Save Lives’ campaign, WaterAid’s John Garrett looks at why this is such a welcome move for the international community, and why our new Parliament must continue to champion international development after May’s election.

10 Mar 2015 Foreign affairs

Ending extreme poverty is within our grasp

Labour peer and former Scottish First Minister writes about the 0.7% international aid commitment and his recent trip to the Philippines with VSO

03 Mar 2015 Foreign affairs

Gordon Marsden MP: Improving support for our ex service personnel and their families

Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Veterans Group Gordon Marsden MP calls on fellow MPs to commit to supporting service veterans and their families, now and in the next parliament

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26 Feb 2015 Economy

Majority of Tory candidates say EU ‘bad for business’ – new poll

57% of Conservative candidates at the forthcoming election believe the EU has been bad for British business, according to a new poll commissioned by the UK Chamber of Shipping.

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06 Feb 2015 Foreign affairs

Humanitarian and development work is a job for engineers.

Engineers play a vital role in providing both short and long-term relief after natural disasters. Working alongside international disaster relief charities, such as RedR, gives them the opportunity to offer valuable skills to the humanitarian sector.

Meg Munn MP: The UK must support Fiji at 'a critical point for its future development'

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05 Feb 2015 Foreign affairs

Meg Munn MP: The UK must support Fiji at 'a critical point for its future development'

Labour MP Meg Munn writes about a recent CPA UK exchange visit from parliamentarians in Fiji which now has a democratically mandated government for the first time in years

Trident nuclear deterrent: A general election issue?

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04 Feb 2015 Foreign affairs

Trident nuclear deterrent: A general election issue?

A Dods poll indicates that over half of the MPs questioned are in favour of a like—for—like replacement of the Trident nuclear deterrent whilst a quarter disagreed.

Eleanor Laing MP: We must ensure peaceful democracy prospers in Sri Lanka

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29 Jan 2015 Foreign affairs

Eleanor Laing MP: We must ensure peaceful democracy prospers in Sri Lanka

Deputy Speaker Eleanor Laing MP writes about the fragile situation in Sri Lanka which she visited herself as part of a CPA UK delegation.

Beyond life on the streets – the Homeless Veterans appeal

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19 Jan 2015 Foreign affairs

Beyond life on the streets – the Homeless Veterans appeal

ABF The Soldiers’ Charity calls for a continued support and help for veterans with housing problems beyond the charity appeal.

Meg Hillier MP: Rwanda twenty years after the genocide

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11 Dec 2014 Foreign affairs

Meg Hillier MP: Rwanda twenty years after the genocide

Hackney South & Shoreditch MP Meg Hillier has visited Rwanda on a trip organised by CPA UK. She writes about a reciprocal visit from four Rwandan parliamentarians and how Rwanda is benefitting from international aid.

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08 Dec 2014 Foreign affairs

Syria's refugees still need our help

The humanitarian crisis in Syria is growing and the UK needs to do more to help, says the British Red Cross on the eve of a UN conference on resettlement.

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