Government ‘misled parliament’ over scale of aid cuts to China
The aid watchdog said claims that UK aid to China would be slashed by 95pc tells only a small “portion” of the story
21 July 2021 • 6:00am
The Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said in April he had reduced the FCDO s programme delivery in China “by 95 per cent, to £0.9 million”
Credit: JESSICA TAYLOR / AFP
International development organisations have accused the Government of “misleading” Parliament around the scale of aid budget cuts to China, after a review suggested the reduction in spending is far smaller than initially claimed.
According to an updated report from the aid watchdog, the Independent Commission on Aid Impact (ICAI), the Government’s suggestion that UK aid to China would be slashed by 95 per cent tells only a “portion” of the story.
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NATO joins condemnation of ‘malicious’ China cyber hacking
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WORLD: NATO joined the United States yesterday (July 19) in accusing Beijing of carrying out a massive hack of Microsoft as the US charged four Chinese nationals and rallied allies in rare joint condemnation of “malicious” cyber activity from China.
Tuesday 20 July 2021, 09:48AM
The United States has formally accused cyber actors affiliated to China’s Ministry of State Security of conducting the massive Microsoft Exchange Server hack disclosed in March. Photo: AFP file
In comments likely to further strain worsening relations between Washington and Beijing, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the March hack of Microsoft Exchange, a top email server for corporations around the world, was part of a “pattern of irresponsible, disruptive and destabilizing behavior in cyberspace, which poses a major threat to our economic and national securit