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International Development Secretary Priti Patel was joined by Scottish Tory leader Ruth Davidson and others to discuss the priorities for helping vulnerable children at a Save the Children conference fringe event.
To help shape debate on Britain’s role in creating a world fit for children, Save the Children has published a series of essays ahead of Conservative Party Conference 2016.
Lord Maginnis of Drumglass looks forward to the future when 'Western Governments will no longer seek to conceal the atrocities of the Republic of Iran'.
Pat McFadden MP says to be pro-Single Market in a post-Brexit world, is "to be pro-investment, pro jobs, pro-workers and pro-decency at work."
International Development Committee chair Stephen Twigg spoke to Agnes Chambre ahead of his debate on the missing Chibok school girls.
Welsh Lib Dem Leader Mark Williams MP believes it is time the West addressed human rights abuses in Iran and that the UK must 'stand with the Iranian regime's victims in their quest for justice'.
Former international development minister Lord Foulkes of Cumnock questions why he has been met by a "wall of silence" as he seeks answers about why St Helena's airport is not operational.
Thames Water’s Chief Executive Martin Baggs reflects on the work the organisation has done with charity WaterAid, explaining how engagement and sustainability is as important as fundraising.
Save the Children says schools are being destroyed in Aleppo and children are being caught up in the violent struggle.
Former European Special Representative in Bosnia & Herzegovina Lord Ashdown writes that a three hour ceasefire in Aleppo is not sufficient humanitarian access and calls on the RAF to consider airdrops to besieged areas 'if adequate humanitarian corridors are not established'.
With the country now focused on disentangling itself from the EU, Political Consultant Arpinder Baryana sets out the new landscape in foreign affairs, development and defence policy.
Dr Owen D Thomas, a Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Exeter writes about lessons that can be learned from the Iraq Inquiry on the day the final report by Sir John Chilcot is published.
The British Parliamentary Committee for Iran Freedom hosted a conference in parliament on UK policy toward Iran attended by MPs and peers.
Secretary of the APPG for Gibraltar, Bob Neill MP, writes that the referendum will be critical for Gibraltar, the only UK overseas territory which shares a land border with mainland Europe.
The National Audit Office has today published its findings from its investigation into realising the benefits of the St Helena Airport project.
With revelations that Saudi Arabia is using British munitions to kill thousands of Yemeni civilians, many of them children, SNP’s Margaret Ferrier is fighting for an arms embargo.
Statement attributable to Peter Hawkins, UNICEF Representative in Iraq
Water, sanitation and hygiene programming are among the most effective uses of overseas development aid, delivering at least £4 in increased productivity for every £1 spent, WaterAid said in response to an analysis of aid for water, sanitation and hygiene programmes.
University of Exeter experts will collect large amounts of propaganda put on the internet by Islamic State terrorists in real time to understand how it radicalises people.
Unicef UK warns that the children of the provinces worst hit by the Ecuador earthquake remain very vulnerable and need urgent assistance.
Former Cabinet Minister David Jones MP calls for greater protection of civilians in Aleppo and calls on Western nations to press Iran to end its support for the Assad regime.
Former FCO Minister for the Overseas Territories Sir Henry Bellingham writes in support of the British Virgin Islands Government and financial corporations which he witnessed first hand from 2010 - 2012.
Liberal Democrat peer, Baroness Sheehan, says the Government's concerns over "pull factors" - such as funding to improve refugee camps - are "utter nonsense".
A new £1.2 million fund has been set up to help small and innovative UK firms to work with international businesses, seek out new global markets and supply chains, innovation agency Innovate UK announced today.