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Campaigners warn of ‘damage’ caused by the Government’s aid decisions

Yvette Cooper announced allocations under the official development assistance (ODA) regime on Thursday.

Evening Standard · Mar 19

UN agency says UK push to ‘modernise’ aid spending risks ignoring ‘immediate crises’

The World Food Programme warns significant cuts risk worsening humanitarian crises and destabilising fragile regions

The Independent UK · Mar 6

ActionAid to rethink child sponsorship as part of plan to ‘decolonise’ its work

Development charity’s new co-chief executives signal shift from controversial sponsor a child scheme launched in 1972 to long-term grassroots funding

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22

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UK accused of hypocrisy at landmark UN foreign aid conference

Experts at the fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) say the UK cannot talk up its role in helping developing nations while cutting aid commitments

The Independent UK · Jul 2, 2025

Starmer defends aid cuts to boost defence as ‘necessary’ amid charity criticism

Sacrificing aid funding to bolster Britain’s war chest was branded ‘reckless’ by charities and aid organisations.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

'A betrayal': Charities react as Keir Starmer cuts aid to fund defence spending

Save the Children and Water Aid have criticised the Prime Minister’s “reckless” decision to cut the aid budget in order to increase defence…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 25, 2025

Charities ‘shocked’ and ‘stunned’ by decision to cut aid to fund defence spending

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has announced a dramatic increase in defence spending from the current 2.3% to 2.5% by 2027.

Evening Standard · Feb 25, 2025

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Cameron vows to put development ‘back at heart’ of Foreign Office

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told the Global Food Security Summit ‘no parent should ever have to watch their child starve’.

The Independent UK · Nov 20, 2023

My Chemical Romance: how the vilified band turned antipathy into triumph

MCR split but survived emo’s moral panic to leave a shining legacy for all outsiders – especially young people struggling emotionally or those who refuse gender binaries

The Guardian - UK · May 10, 2022

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