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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

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Judge blocks Trump from placing thousands of USAID workers on leave

A judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the US Agency for International Development on paid leave. Additionally, the US President’s move would have given agency workers abroad just a 30-day ...

08 Feb 2025 at 04:38

Lammy warns US that foreign aid cuts could be ‘strategic mistake’

US President Donald Trump’s cuts to foreign aid could be a “strategic mistake”, the Foreign Secretary has warned. The Trump administration has presented a plan to dramatically cut staffing worldwide for US aid projects as part of its ...

07 Feb 2025 at 17:45

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Forced leave starts for thousands under Trump plan to gut foreign aid agency

Forced leave began worldwide on Friday for most employees of the US Agency for International Development (USAid), as federal workers’ associations turned to the courts to try to roll orders that have dismantled most of the agency ...

07 Feb 2025 at 14:31

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Judge blocks Trump from placing 2,200 US aid agency workers on paid leave

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the US Agency for International Development on paid leave. District Judge Carl Nichols, who was nominated by President Donald Trump,...

07 Feb 2025 at 23:01

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 Commons he ...

25 Feb 2025 at 14:57

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 decision to cut ...

28 Feb 2025 at 18:53

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

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 to ...

05 Mar 2025 at 10:07

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