UK Trade Minister Liz Truss should respond positively to an appeal to G7 Trade Ministers. The letter highlights 25 million people in the world being exploited in forced labour and human trafficking which generates $150 billion

UK Trade Minister Liz Truss should respond positively to an appeal to G7 Trade Ministers. The letter highlights 25 million people in the world being exploited in forced labour and human trafficking which generates $150 billion

UK Trade Minister Liz Truss should respond positively to an appeal to G7 Trade Ministers. The letter highlights 25 million people in the world being exploited in forced labour and human trafficking which generates $150 billion from the crime of trafficking: "Egregious...

Pictures to shake the conscience of the world.

Pictures to shake the conscience of the world.

In my youth, this powerful and disturbing single image - Huynh Cong “Nick” Ut’s photograph of a naked girl running from a napalm attack during the Vietnam War - came to define that moment and to disturb consciences. And images of starving Nigerian children caught up...

The Report of the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Select Committee “UK and Sub-Saharan Africa: prosperity, peace and development co-operation” was published this morning. It calls for a more coherent Africa strategy and highlights the important role which the UK’s African diaspora can play in opening a new chapter in relations between African countries and the UK

The Report of the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Select Committee “UK and Sub-Saharan Africa: prosperity, peace and development co-operation” was published this morning. It calls for a more coherent Africa strategy and highlights the important role which the UK’s African diaspora can play in opening a new chapter in relations between African countries and the UK

  The Report of the House of Lords International Relations and Defence Select Committee "UK and Sub-Saharan Africa: prosperity, peace and development co-operation" was published this morning.   It...

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For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.

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Forty year campaign demanding justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests in the 50s – with one Commons debate in the 80s taking place in the middle of the night, at 3.50 am. Today just 1500 of the 20,000 servicemen put in harms way are still alive. The Defence Minister, Earl Minto, deserves thanks for his straightforward reply in the Lords yesterday. However long it takes, injustices must be put right.

Throughout the 80s I campaigned for justice for British servicemen used as guinea pigs in atomic tests. On one occasion I initiated a debate in the Commons at 3.50 am in the middle of the night - a debate that the Government didn't want. Today just 1500 of the 20,000...