Author: Ryan Baldry, Senior Communications Manager

This year’s G20 Summit in India was a relatively calm affair where the war Ukraine was not an obvious front and centre issue like in previous summits.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity hosted a group of cross-party candidates for our latest overseas visit to Jordan to see the impact of UK backed projects in the region.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity was delighted to host the first Policy Retreat at St George’s House, Windsor Castle last week as part of our Future Leaders Programme.

Author: Ryan Baldry, Senior Communications Manager

Five years ago, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, The Rt Hon David Cameron MP, launched the Coalition for Global Prosperity with a simple message - the UK is a force for good in the world.

This year’s Nato Summit took place with one overriding challenge - the continuing war in Ukraine and the Ukrainian push for NATO membership as quickly as possible.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity have today signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity were proud to sponsor the 2023 Global Goals and Business Conference in Parliament.

The July edition of the Global Britain Magazine has been published.

Today marks the 5th anniversary of the Coalition for Global Prosperity’s launch!

The Coalition for Global Prosperity were delighted to partner with WaterAid, Save the Children and British Council on our latest Parliamentary Visit to Nepal. We were joined by Gagan Mohindra MP, Abena Oppong-Asare MP and Jackie Doyle-Price MP.

For the last five years, the rains have failed in East Africa. The region’s longest drought in over 40 years, entire communities continue to disband in search of food and water. The carcasses of livestock lay scattered for miles on end, once tended for by owners who now struggle to source basic provisions for themselves.

This past weekend, leaders of the G7, a group of the world’s advanced economies, met in Hiroshima, Japan for the 2023 summit. Invitations were also extended this year to several emerging economies from the Global South, as well as India and Australia.

CGP was pleased to host a breakfast meeting to celebrate the Earth Day theme to 'invest in our planet' for climate and development. Bim Alolami MP, Chair of the 1946 Forum, chaired the discussion with expert policymakers from leading climate and sustainability think tanks.

The Coalition for Global Prosperity recently hosted a dinner in partnership with Conservative Friends of the Armed Forces and Parliamentarians to discuss the Integrated Review Refresh.

Head of Research Ted Elgar recently spoke with Neil Melvin, Director International Security at RUSI and Simon Rynn, Senior Research Fellow for African Security at RUSI on the UK-Africa Relationship.

Shortly after International Women’s Day in March, I had a welcome opportunity to visit Sierra Leone in West Africa once again. I was one of a small cross-party group of MPs and we were guests of the Coalition for Global Prosperity and the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

Last night the Coalition for Global Prosperity launched the new Future Leaders Programme.

Comment from CGP Advisory Council Member Tim Morris on the ongoing situation in Sudan.

CGP was delighted to host a follow-up roundtable discussion in partnership with the International Rescue Committee in Parliament yesterday.

Authors: Ryan Baldry (CGP), Professor Dominic McVey MBE & Chris Loughran (Symbio Impact)

The UK’s Minister of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, has announced the planned allocation of the 2023/24 Overseas Development Aid (ODA) budget. This amounts to £8.1bn for the coming year, an increase on last year but with significant reductions to most budget lines.