The people of South East Asia are among the most friendly, tolerant and hard working people in the world. Yet, this region has been plagued with conflicts for decades. Exploited by European powers, occupied by Japan, carpet-bombed by the USA and led by hideous dictators, most of the region has suffered too much…
Today is a big day in a big year. In 2015 the UN will celebrate the significant if incomplete success of the Millennium Development Goals and agree a new set of goals – the Sustainable Development Goals – as the engine for development over the next fifteen years. And today action2015 has been launched around the world to mobilise groups…
When a ministerial statement is made in the Commons, it is normally repeated in the Lords. We had the statement this afternoon on the security breach where a Cabinet Office official left highly sensitive security material on a train. The Government announced that there was to be a review of security. It was clear from…
