By Press Association 2021
A UK aid label attached to a box containing kitchen sets at a UK aid Disaster Response Centre
Cuts to the Government’s foreign aid budget represent a “tragic blow” for many of the world’s most at-risk communities, 200 UK charities have said.
Economic damage caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has led the Government to shelve its manifesto commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on overseas aid, with Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab on Wednesday revealing the amount had been reduced to 0.5%.
“Today’s announcement is a tragic blow for many of the world’s most marginalised people the UK once supported, and for the UK’s reputation as a trusted development partner,” the leaders of 200 charities including Save the Children, Oxfam, ONE, Christian Aid and Care International wrote in a statement.
No country will be ‘immune’ from aid cuts but full details may not be published until 2022
Foreign secretary defends UK s proud legacy of generosity despite overseas development budget reduction of £5bn
22 April 2021 • 3:51pm
Dominic Raab rejected accusations he had ‘sneaked out’ the cuts
Credit: Toby Melville/Reuters
No country will be “entirely immune” from aid cuts, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has warned, as he was grilled by MPs on how the slimmed-down overseas development budget will be spent.
Giving evidence to the international development select committee, a day after the publication of a brief but long-awaited statement setting out how aid money would be allocated this financial year, Mr Raab said information on country-by-country cuts may not be released until 2022.
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London: Britainâs High Commissioner to Australia has alienated Australian government officials with her criticisms of Trade Minister Dan Tehan on Wednesday and her decision last year to threaten to suspend security discussions between the UK and Australia.
In a sign of the souring relations between Vicki Treadell and key ministers in the Morrison government, the UKâs High Commissioner has been excluded from free-trade talks underway in London.
Britain s High Commissioner to Australia, Vicki Treadell.