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Truss wants reassurance over ‘appalling’ behaviour before lifting Oxfam aid ban

The Foreign Secretary wants to “reassure” herself before lifting the suspension on aid funding for Oxfam after a string of “appalling” allegations were levelled against the charity’s staff. Liz Truss said she wanted to be sure the type of behaviour ...

18 May 2022 at 18:18

UK to challenge ‘malign actors’ with new aid strategy

The UK will use international aid to “challenge malign actors” and create new trading partners, the Foreign Office has announced. Under the new International Development Strategy published on Monday, setting out how the UK will use its reduced aid ...

16 May 2022 at 12:25

Charities claim UK ‘putting politics before poverty’ in new aid strategy

International charities have accused the Government’s new aid strategy of being “more concerned with tackling China than tackling poverty”. Under the new International Development Strategy published on Monday, the Government said it would spend ...

16 May 2022 at 15:55

Aid cuts and department merger have harmed UK’s reputation, says watchdog

“Drastic and highly disruptive” cuts to the aid budget have damaged Britain’s international reputation, a watchdog has said in a review of UK aid over the past four years. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) said disruption to aid ...

13 Sept 2023 at 08:05

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, ...

02 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Ministers have saved 5,000 jobs in Port Talbot steel industry, Sunak insists

The Government’s £500 million rescue package for Tata Steel has saved 5,000 jobs and prevented the closure of its Port Talbot plant, Rishi Sunak has said. The Prime Minister insisted the UK Government’s intervention would also ...

24 Jan 2024 at 13:41

Preventing Gaza famine ‘impossible’ under current restrictions, say MPs

A famine in Gaza will be impossible to avoid if current restrictions on aid remain in place, MPs have warned. The Commons International Development Committee published an urgent report on Friday warning of an ongoing ...

01 Mar 2024 at 00:01

Rishi Sunak faces pressure to justify ‘death trap’ smart motorways

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has faced fresh calls to scrap “death trap” smart motorways. Labour MP Sarah Champion highlighted figures suggesting 79 people have been killed on such roads. Around 10% of England’s ...

01 Mar 2023 at 14:09

Independent probe launched into death of boy, five, sent home from hospital

An independent investigation has been launched into the death of a five-year-old boy whose family say he died after he was sent home from hospital because there were “no beds”. Yusuf Mahmud Nazir died from ...

30 Nov 2022 at 23:06

Charities urge Government to stop aid budget falling to 17-year low

Overseas aid spending could fall to its lowest level since 2007 unless the Government takes action at the Budget in October, a coalition of charities has warned. Leaders of 122 UK charities including ...

18 Sept 2024 at 13:25

Cooper looking at ‘different ways’ to haul witnesses before grooming inquiries

Yvette Cooper will look at “different ways” to compel witnesses to speak out about child sexual exploitation, she has said. The Home Secretary faced calls from Rotherham MP Sarah Champion to launch ...

16 Jan 2025 at 18:44

Labour MP for Rotherham calls for locally-led national grooming gangs inquiry

The Labour MP for Rotherham has called for a national inquiry into grooming gangs, calling child sexual abuse in the UK “endemic”. Sarah Champion called for a nationwide inquiry that would be led ...

13 Jan 2025 at 17:22

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