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Our third and final panel is currently taking place.
G20 Priorities
🕒 17:00–18:00
Chaired by Paul Abernethy @bondngo and with panellists Lord @PurvisTweed @BrianMathewLD MP, Dr. Tuwilika Nafuka of @ONEintheUK, and @MariaFFinnerty from @bondngo.
#LDID2026
Panel two is now under way !
Hunger to Instability: Why Hunger Matters for UK National Security
🕒 15:45–16:45
@amyjay93 of @UnitedAMH, @helenmaguiremp MP, Professor Stuart Gordon from @LSE and Peter Jones from @MAGsaveslives.
#LDID2026
At the Brighton Autumn Conference, our first panel on International Development in an Age of Populism is now under way.
With @monicabeharding MP, @ZoeSwanwick of @BritainLeads, Dr. Shandana Khan Mohmand of @IDS_UK, and Geraldine O’Callaghan from @WFP_UK.
#LDID2026
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
Can international development survive an age of populism?
Find out this afternoon at our panel at @LibDems Party Conference with @monicabeharding, Geraldine O'Callaghan, @shaandana and @ZoeSwanwick. Co-organised by @_LDID and @WFP_UK.
📌 14.30-15.30, The Mercure Hotel
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
Thank you to all the nutrition champions at The Geopolitical Implications of Hunger, our event co-hosted with @WFP & @_LDID @LibDems conference.
Global hunger drives conflict & instability.
We press for UK political action to tackle it, for moral & strategic reasons.
#SDG2
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
The Geopolitical Implications of Hunger panel @LibDem conference, our event with @WFP & @_LDID
Hunger & rife malnutrition-induced child deaths fuel global instability.
Roh Yakobi, Edward Morello MP, Geraldine O’Callaghan & Jonny Oates highlighted this critical issue.
#LDconf
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
An extremely positive day spent with @_LDID. Present in a professional capacity. Inspired in a personal capacity... The UK "have lost moral leadership" @jonny_oates... "This is a crisis & @LibDems are best placed to fight back" @monicabeharding. Well... yes & yes, no?
We’ve kicked off our first panel of the day at the Bournemouth Autumn Conference!
🌍 How can the UK defend human rights in a fracturing world?
With @monicabeharding, @ZoeSwanwick, Prof Uchenna Emelonye & Ginny Baumann.
~ 2:30–3:30pm
~Franklyn Suite, Connaught Hotel
#LDID2025
UK Aid Cuts: Implications for Global Influence & Soft Power
🕔 17:00–18:00
🎤Chaired by Paul Abernethy, @paul_abo Panelists: @PurvisTweed @BrianMathewLD , @sophiepowell (Christian Aid), @PoppyOgrier (FPC)
Supported by @bondngo
#LibDemConf25 #UKAid #SoftPower #GlobalInfluence
Roh Yakobi shares harrowing memories of life in Afghanistan: “We measured bread by hand so each child got an equal bite. Hunger isn’t abstract – it’s driven by politics.” #LibDemConf25 #Hunger #FoodSecurity #LDID2025
Panel Two is now underway!
The Geopolitical Implications of Hunger
🕒 15:45–16:45
@EdwardMorelloWD @jonny_oates @Gocallaghan5G , @RohYakobi
Supported by @UAMHunger & @WFP
#BournemouthConference #LDID2025 #libdemconf #Hunger #FoodSecurity
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
Recognising Palestinian self-determination has been long overdue. It is a welcome step, yet it must be the start, not the end.
We need a ceasefire, an end to the cycle of violence and real progress towards a two-state solution.
ALT A statement from Ed Davey, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, on UK recognition of Palestinian statehood.
We’ve kicked off our first panel of the day at the Bournemouth Autumn Conference!
🌍 How can the UK defend human rights in a fracturing world?
With @monicabeharding, @ZoeSwanwick, Prof Uchenna Emelonye & Ginny Baumann.
~ 2:30–3:30pm
~Franklyn Suite, Connaught Hotel
#LDID2025
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
🌍How can the UK defend human rights in a fracturing world?
Join us at #LibDemConf25 with @monicabeharding MP, Prof Uchenna Emelonye & Ginny Baumann.
🗓️ Sun 21 Sept | 2:30–3:30pm
📍Franklyn Suite, Connaught Hotel, Bournemouth
👉coalitionforglobalprosperity…
Our global health and climate change panel on Health Innovation in a Changing Climate: Tackling Disease on the Front Line is underway, cohosted with @malarianomoreuk @GreenLibDems @LibSTEMM.
#LibDemsHarrogateConference #GlobalHealth #ClimateChange #InternationalDevelopment
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
Harrogate! First event of the weekend is Saturday 13.00 with @MalariaNoMore @LibSTEMM and @_LDID
Global warming is increasing the risk of disease spreading🌍🔥
Come and learn how we can keep pesky mosquitoes at bay🦟.
See you there @LibDems @LibDemConf
Zoom Links below
ALT How can new technologies help us deal with disease outbreaks in the wake of climate disasters? Saturday 22 March - 13.00-14.00 Harrogate Convention Centre, Queen's Suite - Meeting Room 1 An event co-hosted by Malaria No More UK, Green Liberal Democrats, Liberal Democrats for International Development and LibSTEMM Exploring the Impact of climate change on global health, and the role of new technologies in preventing and managing disease outbreaks.
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
Today's #AutumnBudget means a real-term cut for UK aid dropping from £15.3bn (0.58% of GNI) in 2023 to £13.3bn in 2024-25.
Bond's Director of Policy & Advocacy @grabinowitz said:
"The government has made the short-sighted decision to slash UK aid in the Autumn budget."
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Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
Thats’s a wrap for conference season 2024!
Thank you to all who met with us, spoke on panels with us, and partnered with us to raise global malnutrition and hunger. We’ve had a fantastic (and wet) conference season.
Now time for a long sleep 😴 #LDConf #LabConf24 #CPC24
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
A sad picture of international development failure
72 @LibDems MPs will champion the UK spending 0.7%+ of GDP on development & stir global ambition
Building on a great @_LDiD Conference event 🔶
With an amazing team in @CalumMillerLD & @monicabeharding
Credit @TheEconomist
Lib Dems in International Development retweeted
@OdiwaJack, Christian Aid’s Africa Advisor speaking now at @_LDID and @bondngo fringe event at Lib Dem conference in Brighton
"In Kenya, the government spends double in debt repayment than it spends on education. Malawi spends ten times more on debt repayment than social protection." @OdiwaJack @christian_aid on what is diverting funding in Africa
The issue of debt repayment is "the challenge of our age," says @BrianMathewLD MP on the need to familiarise MPs with this issue