Lib Dems in International Development

Bringing together parliamentarians, development professionals and enthusiasts in and beyond the Lib Dems. Join at

[Lib Dems in International Development @_LDID]

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

[Lib Dems in International Development @_LDID]

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

[Lib Dems in International Development @_LDID]

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

[Coalition for Global Prosperity @BritainLeads]

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

[United Against Malnutrition & Hunger (UAMH) @UnitedAMH]

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

[United Against Malnutrition & Hunger (UAMH) @UnitedAMH]

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

[Ben Simms @bensimms65]

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?

[Lib Dems in International Development @_LDID]

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

[Lib Dems in International Development @_LDID]

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

[Lib Dems in International Development @_LDID]

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 @_LDID]

@monicabeharding “You can pour every pound of public money into climate mitigation and it still won’t be enough — we have to mobilise global finance in ways we never have before.”

[Lib Dems in International Development @_LDID]

@monicabeharding “We called for 0.7% in the 1970s, we won it in government, and now it’s gone again — but it’s in our DNA to fight for it.” #LDID2025

[Ed Davey @EdwardJDavey]

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.

[Lib Dems in International Development @_LDID]

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

[Coalition for Global Prosperity @BritainLeads]

🌍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
👉https://t.co/OFvHy3LPKg

[Lib Dems in International Development @_LDID]

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

[Green Liberal Democrats 🔶 @GreenLibDems]

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

[Bond @bondngo]

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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[Amy Smith @amyjay93]

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

[Josh Matthews 🔶 @JoshMatthewsLD]

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