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Than £10 billion in foreign aid this year. our political correspondent helen catt reports. the chancellor, rishi sunak, announced late last year that he was going to cut the uk aid budget from 0.7% of the national income to 0.5% — thats a reduction of about £4 billion. now, he said at the time that was a temporary measure, and it was because of the pandemic. now, in their letter, the charities and the academics say, well, that cut is having a real impact on the ground. they say that as a res...

Scrubbing floors, struggling to reach the shelves. sayuida is nine years old and works as a servant to earn money for herfamily in bangladesh. these pictures were given to us by a charity which secured permission to do this filming. sayida would love to go to school. the uk bangladesh education trust applied for government funding to expand its programme to help girls working as domestic servants learn to read, write and count, but was told the fund from which hoped to get a grant had closed bec...

In cornwall on friday. more than 1,000 charities, business leaders and academics have written to the government to reverse the decision to cut foreign aid this year. it comes after the government said it would still spend more than £10—billion in foreign aid this year. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. the chancellor, rishi sunak, announced late last year that he was going to cut the uk aid budget from 0.7% of the national income to 0.5% — thats a reduction of about £4 billio...

Would have ben offered a vaccine. more than 40 million people had had theirfirstjab, while more than 27 million are now fully vaccinated. more than 1,000 charities, business leaders and academics in the uk have written to the government, asking it to reverse the decision to cut foreign aid this year. it comes after the uks government said it would still spend more than £10 billion in foreign aid this year. one of the charities which has signed a letter to the government is save the children —...

But i dont think thats a reflection of any sort of disinterest, i think we can celebrate the fact that now it will be a permanent reminder of something very, very special, so i think we should celebrate that. yes, minister, thank you very much indeed. no worries, no worries. and as the minister said, it will be a permanent reminder, something that will be there for generations to come. more than 1700 charities, business leaders and academics have signed a letter warning that government cuts to f...

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Lockdown onjune 21st, the health secretary says. he confirmed that the covid variant first identified in india is around 40% more infectious. that does make life more challenging for everybody and you have seen that the case rates have risen a little. but the good news is that hospitalisations, the number of people arriving at hospital, is broadly flat. well be asking how worried we should be about how transmissible the new variant is. also tonight: prince harry and meghan announce the birth of ...

To the under—30s this week in the drive to offer covid jabs to all adults in england. the duke and duchess of sussex announce the birth of a baby daughter, who they have named lilibet diana. she was born on friday in california. cuts to uk foreign aid could harm schooling and health in poorer countries — a warning from hundreds of charities and business leaders. a memorial honouring soldiers who died under british command on d—day has been unveiled in france on the 77th anniversary of the ...

And in the morning, we will remember them. music: the last post. a permanent memorial to the british fallen at d—day — after 77 years. cuts to uk foreign aid could harm schooling and health in poorer countries — a warning from hundreds of charities and business leaders. and max verstappen crashes out of the azerbaijan grand prix, but lewis hamilton fails to take advantage. good afternoon. the health secretary matt hancock says the new delta variant of coronavirus, first recorded in india, ...

And the dates they died. for the veterans watching in england today, a fit place to remember their friends and comrades. it should have been done years ago when we were alive. im in me 100th year, im lucky. i think it is wonderful, it is marvellous they can put this show on like this 77 years after. in france, the red arrows flew past in homage to the dead and then the memorial became what it is destined to remain, a place of contemplation and quiet memory. more than 1700 charities, business lea...