An update regarding the applications to the Coalition for Global Prosperity’s Summer Internship.

This week, the Foreign Affairs Committee published the first report on the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The report rightly highlights that there was a distinct lack of planning, preparation and coordination between Government departments, resulting in chaotic scenes at Kabul International Airport, with many eligible Afghans being left behind, and incredible pressures being placed on our brave Armed Forces and Civil Servants on the ground.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity hosted a panel discussion on the UK’s role in Ukraine and what the UK can do following the conflict.

With all covid restrictions lifted in the UK, we are returning to a level of normality for the first time in over two years. However, we enjoy this freedom with bated breath as at any moment the emergence of a new and more dangerous variant of the virus could swiftly plunge us back into the chaos of early 2020; rising death tolls, economic decline and an NHS in crisis.

At last, we have an International Development Strategy for the year 2022, not 2002, one that responds to the world as it is, not the world of years gone by.

Lebanon is a country beset by economic and political challenges but I have witnessed first-hand the life-saving impact which British expertise is having on some of the poorest communities in that country.

Advisory Council member Professor Dominic McVey today spoke to GB News about the importance of the UK’s overseas aid spending and the positive impact that it can have for UK tax payers.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity were delighted to host a foreign policy roundtable with Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy MP and former International Development Secretary Rt Hon Douglas Alexander.

Over the Easter Parliamentary Recess, the Coalition for Global Prosperity took three cross-party Members of Parliament to Lebanon on our first overseas visit.

As Russian forces pulled back from Kyiv, the horrifying accounts of rape and sexual violence being committed against Ukrainian women began to multiply.

I have always believed that there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women. Gender inequality is one of the oldest inequalities in the world, it’s a key contributor to poverty and a fundamental denial of women's rights.

Coalition for Global Prosperity Chief Executive Ryan Henson was joined by Secretary of State for International Trade The Rt Hon Anne-Marie Trevelyan MP at the latest “In Conversation” event at Conservative Spring Forum in Blackpool.

Levelling Up and Global Britain are two sides of the same coin. The Levelling Up agenda exists because the UK voted to leave the European Union. Brexit voters like me took a hard look at the UK’s relationship with the world, and its impact on our lives at home, and decided business as normal would not do.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity were delighted to host Ruth Edwards MP alongside other colleagues from Parliament and the development sector for a roundtable discussion on Development and Net Zero.

I had the privilege of living in Fiji for four months. If you know me then you will know a day doesn't go by when I don't bang on about my amazing time in Fiji. One night, they began to share heart wrenching stories about Cyclone Winston. It remains the most intense tropical cyclone in the Southern Hemisphere on record, and they had lived and breathed the aftermath.

This brand new publications features articles and insights from Parliamentarians as well as comment from our Chief Executive Ryan Henson. We also take a look back on 2021 as an incredibly exciting year for Global Britain on the world stage.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity hosted Brendan Clarke-Smith MP at Policy Exchange for the latest in the series of “In Conversation” events.

Since the Brexit referendum in 2016 there has been much discussion of Britain’s global role, with successive Conservative Prime Ministers speaking confidently of “Global Britain” and Britain’s “tilt” to the pacific region, but with comparatively little in way of strategy to back this up.

I have recently had the incredible honour of being appointed as the Prime Minister’s Deputy Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief. The promotion of freedom of religion or belief is an issue that I am passionate about and an area that the United Kingdom has a proud history of standing up for on the world stage.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity were delighted to host a private Roundtable in Parliament to discuss the link between Development and Security.