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The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is reported to be one of the world’s largest charities (AP)
The government is under increasing pressure to reverse its multibillion-pound cut to foreign aid, as a group of charities and philanthropists pledge to help plug the gap with emergency funds.
Criticism of the government’s cut, which equates to a shortfall of £4 billion a year, came from Labour and the Archbishop of Canterbury.
It comes after a report revealed that the consortium of charities, which includes the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, will pledge more than £100 million to a one-year plan to partially replace the cuts.
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