Foreign Policy, International Development and Global Health

Highlights

Productive State · 2026

Good Growth Abroad

A pragmatic plan to increase development impact within the constraints of a smaller aid budget, aligned to Andy Burnham’s broader political agenda.

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A Joint Office for Pandemic Security and International Biodefence

Written on behalf of Scientists for Labour for the opposition FCDO and MOD teams. Endorsed by Hilary Benn MP, with feedback from RUSI and the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and quoted by Preet Gill, then Shadow International Development Minister, in a Parliamentary debate.

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Invest in the Global Fund for National, Economic and Health Security

Written for parliamentarians, making the case that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria serves Britain’s own security and economic interests. Received a hand-written response from the then Health Innovation Minister, Zubir Ahmed.

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Policy reports

2025 Invest in the Global Fund for National, Economic and Health Security

Led the writing of a report for parliamentarians on UK investment in the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Received a hand-written response from the then Health Innovation Minister, Zubir Ahmed.

Scientists for Labour 2026 Joining the Partnership for a Lead Free Future PDF

Written for the Labour Campaign for International Development. Membership carries no financial obligation, which makes it one of the few remaining ways to raise Britain’s development impact while aid budgets are being cut. Forty-one governments have joined and Britain has not.

LCID 2023 A Joint Office for Pandemic Security and International Biodefence PDF

Written on behalf of Scientists for Labour for the opposition FCDO and MOD teams. Endorsed by Hilary Benn MP, with feedback from RUSI and the Nuclear Threat Initiative, and quoted by Preet Gill, then Shadow International Development Minister, in a Parliamentary debate.

Scientists for Labour 2023 Pandemic Preparedness Recommendations for Labour’s International Development Policy Private briefing

A private briefing co-authored with Rohan Singh, written on request from the team of Preet Gill, then Shadow International Development Minister.

Scientists for Labour

Writing

Blogs and op-eds.

2026 Good Growth Abroad: 16 Concrete Aid Policy Ideas

A pragmatic plan to increase development impact within the constraints of a smaller aid budget, aligned to Andy Burnham’s broader political agenda.

Productive State

Cited in Parliament

2023 House of Commons debate on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response

Preet Gill, then Shadow International Development Minister, quoted “A Joint Office for Pandemic Security and International Biodefence” in the debate on the international agreement.

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Events

2023 Labour Party Conference: foreign policy panels

Organised events at Labour Party Conference in collaboration with the Labour Foreign Policy Group and SME4Labour. Speakers included Wayne David, then Shadow FCDO Minister, and Evie Aspinall, Director of the British Foreign Policy Group.