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UK foreign aid cuts will lead to thousands of deaths, ministers warned

Hundreds of thousands more women will face unsafe abortions and thousands will die in pregnancy and childbirth as a result of the UK aid cuts in 2023-24, Foreign Office ministers were warned in an internal assessment. The Foreign, Commonwealth and ...

02 Aug 2023 at 00:01

UK aid to China drops by 90% since 2019 but transparency is falling – watchdog

UK aid to China has fallen by 90% since 2019 – but transparency about how the money is spent is declining, a watchdog has warned. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) found that engagement with Beijing across all of Government dropped ...

21 Mar 2024 at 00:25

Government approach to debt relief for poorer nations ‘not good enough’, MPs say

MPs have criticised the Government for ruling out a consultation on proposed laws to force private creditors to take part in debt relief efforts in low-income countries. The International Development Select Committee said the current approach of ...

08 Jun 2023 at 08:57

Jenrick sets out pitch for ‘new Conservative Party’ if he wins leadership

Robert Jenrick said he wants to build a “new Conservative Party” as he set out “five stands” the party would take if he becomes leader. He said he would cut the foreign aid budget and raise defence spending to 3% of GDP if he leads the party ...

02 Oct 2024 at 13:41

UK provides emergency aid to Afghanistan earthquake victims

The Foreign Office has announced emergency funding to support families affected by the earthquake which hit Afghanistan on Sunday. Victims of the quake, which killed more than 800 people and injured thousands, will receive immediate ...

02 Sept 2025 at 09:04

Asylum costs set to take up fifth of UK’s shrunken aid budget, watchdog warns

UK asylum costs are set to take up a fifth of the Government’s shrunken aid budget, leaving as little as 0.24% of gross national income for global development, a watchdog has warned. Some £1.8 billion of the projected £8.9 billion ...

15 Jul 2025 at 12:32

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‘There are lives on line’ after aid cuts – International Rescue Committee chief

Keeping millions of people alive in the most vulnerable countries will require pulling some assistance for programmes in better-off countries that target everything from climate change to refugee resettlement, the head of the ...

09 May 2025 at 18:30

Foreign aid budget cut will cost lives, warns Labour former first minister

The cut to the foreign aid budget announced this week will “cost lives and create chaos”, the last Labour first minister in Scotland has claimed. Lord Jack McConnell urged Number 10 to rethink the decision taken this week, ...

27 Feb 2025 at 14:53

Starmer balancing the books on backs of poorest, former minister suggests

The Prime Minister is “balancing the books on the backs of the poorest people in the world” in a bid to increase defence spending, a former international development secretary has suggested. Andrew Mitchell told the ...

25 Feb 2025 at 14:57

MPs write to Starmer about ‘deep concern’ over aid budget cut

A cross-party committee of MPs has written to the Prime Minister about its “deep concern” over the cut to the aid budget. Sarah Champion, chairwoman of the International Development Committee, said the “brutal” cut ...

05 Mar 2025 at 10:07

News

Annie Lennox says UK will be hit by cuts to foreign aid

Annie Lennox has said the planned cuts to foreign aid will “affect us in the end”. The Scottish singer-songwriter and activist, who rose to fame in the duo Eurythmics, was speaking after the Prime Minister Sir ...

05 Mar 2025 at 08:58

Baroness Chapman replaces Anneliese Dodds as development minister

Baroness Chapman of Darlington has been appointed the new minister for international development following the resignation of Anneliese Dodds, Downing Street said. Ms Dodds quit the role over the Government’s ...

28 Feb 2025 at 18:53

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