Will foreign aid bill bounce back to £14billion? Slashing of 0.7% spending target to 0.5% may last only one year to avoid Tory revolt Ministers said they would change law to lower the target to spend 0.7% to 0.5% This would have allowed them to slash handouts by £4bn to around £10billion Government is considering alternatives … Read more
UN chief accuses UK of ‘balancing the books on the backs of the starving’ by cutting aid spending to Yemen Mark Lowcock said UK cut to Yemen is ‘balancing books on back of the starving’ UN humanitarian official used to run Department for International Development UK announced aid spending trimmed to 0.5% of national income … Read more
The Government is planning to slash hundreds of millions of pounds in foreign aid to countries in conflict zones around the world, according to a leaked document. Figures obtained by the openDemocracy website reveal that senior Foreign Office officials have discussed cutting aid to Syria by two-thirds – from £137million pledged last year to just … Read more
Vote on £4bn foreign aid cut ‘is delayed over Tory rebellion fears’ as ministers try to avoid clash with backbenchers ahead of G7 summit The PM vowed to slash £4billion from the aid budget to boost nation’s finances He plans on reducing handouts to £10billion for the first time in a decade Ministers are expected … Read more
Vote on £4bn foreign aid cut ‘is delayed over Tory rebellion fears’ as ministers try to avoid clash with backbenchers ahead of G7 summit The PM vowed to slash £4billion from the aid budget to boost nation’s finances He plans on reducing handouts to £10billion for the first time in a decade Ministers are expected … Read more
An ambitious crusade to deliver laptops to lockdown pupils who need them is launched today. Up to a million UK schoolchildren are struggling with lessons at home because they cannot work online. Now the Daily Mail is swinging into action for Mail Force – the celebrated charity that gifted PPE to the NHS. The newspaper … Read more
Youngest victim of Manchester Arena terror blast ‘bled to death while asking paramedics for help’: Family of Saffie-Rose Roussos, eight, claim she ‘could have survived with better first aid’ Saffie-Rose Roussos, eight, died after losing too much blood from leg injuries New report revealed no one used tourniquets or splints to stop the bleeding Her … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses which fall through the gaps in Government support are on the brink of collapse because of the pandemic and are in desperate need of financial help – which isn’t coming. Many have seen their incomes disappear as a result of lockdown restrictions leading to cancelled bookings and vanished sales. … Read more
Sexual abuse by aid workers in poorer countries is STILL going on three years after the Oxfam Haiti scandal, MPs are told Vast majority of those surveyed believe abuse of aid recipients is continuing Exploiters may still be rehired in the aid sector as investigations are lacking The MPs’ report warned perpetrators are still escaping … Read more
Matt James came to the aid of Sarah Trott after she collapsed during the rose ceremony on Monday’s episode of The Bachelor on ABC. Sarah, 24, was in good standing with Matt, 29, after she earlier received a date rose after their one-on-one date. ‘I’m so grateful that I have a rose because Victoria ruined … Read more