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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nick Ferris

80 charity leaders call on UK to show more ambition over international aid

UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper during a tour of the World Food Programme humanitarian warehouse hub in Amman, Jordan, last year - (PA)

The leaders of 82 UK charities and humanitarian organisations have called on the government to show greater ambition in helping nations around the world ahead of a landmark UK development conference.

The statement – signed by the UK leaders of charities including Christian Aid, Oxfam, Plan International and ActionAid - comes just a day before the UK’s Global Partnerships Conference, which is bringing together stakeholders from across governments, civil society, technology and AI and the wider private sector with the aim of building new kinds of development partnerships.

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