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Revealed: UK education and health aid to plummet by up to 72% into 2027

Funds for country-to-country help face precipitous drop – with a recovery by 2029 still leaving aid down 20 per cent in cash terms compared to 2024/25

The Independent UK

Lonely at the top: who are Keir Starmer’s allies as daunting May elections loom?

Prime minister has shed trusted staffers but can still turn to many genuine friends in and out of government

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘strongly disagrees’ with US approach over health aid, says Yvette Cooper

Giving evidence to parliament’s International Development Committee, the foreign secretary said that the UK would continue to prioritise those areas that the US has said it will no longer fund under Donald Trump

The Independent UK

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UK prioritising poverty reduction over self-interest during aid cuts, minister claims

The UK position marks a notable contrast to that of the US, which has used aid as leverage for deals around trade and critical minerals

The Independent UK

UK slashes aid to poorest nations in ‘moral catastrophe’ of 40% savings – and fails to protect HIV funding fully

Ministers fear backlash from MPs over cuts to spending – despite seeking to protect some funding to help women and girls around the world

The Independent UK

Some of the world’s poorest countries to lose UK aid due to 56% budget cut

UK’s bilateral aid to African countries, which funds areas such as schools and clinics, to be cut by almost £900m by 2028-29

The Guardian - UK

When Starmer picks up G20 baton he has vital chance to act on aid and debt relief

Reclaiming Labour’s internationalist heart could also stop disillusioned voters drifting towards Lib Dems and Greens

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Starmer government accused of avoiding scrutiny with plans to scrap aid watchdog

Exclusive: Development minister is considering closing Independent Commission for Aid Impact

The Guardian - UK

UK prioritising foreign aid that helps fight threats to international cooperation, minister says

‘If big donors don’t back these things, then that becomes the question... then how viable is it?’ asks Jenny Chapman

The Independent UK

UK’s £150m cut to worldwide fund fighting deadly diseases will force ‘impossible life-or-death decisions’

The cut from £1bn to £850m pledged to the Global Fund to Fight Aids, TB and Malaria – risking 250,000 lives – was revealed by The Independent last week

The Independent UK

On the road with the minister tasked with defending Britain’s painful aid cuts to Ghana

Jenny Chapman is shown the impact of her government’s ever-diminishing assistance on her first trip accompanied by the media since taking charge of development

The Guardian - UK

Voices: How long can Keir Starmer get away with his delusional foreign aid policy?

INSIDE WESTMINSTER: While the prime minister has excelled in some areas of foreign policy, he has a less than impressive record when it comes to aid, writes Andrew Grice

The Independent UK

How hard will UK aid cuts hit projects helping women and girls?

Programmes around education and health are expected to be especially hard hit by the cutting of international aid from 0.5 to 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income

The Independent UK

Starmer’s foreign aid cuts will lead to extra 365,000 deaths, campaigners warn

The ONE Campaign warned a reduction in funding will see 23 million fewer children receive vaccinations

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Aid minister says situation in Gaza is so dire that she ‘would loot too’

The international aid minister has said the situation in Gaza is so dire that she “would loot too” if she was there.

Evening Standard

Minister condemns Israeli military after British diplomats caught in shooting

Two British diplomats are understood to have been among a group of around 20 people involved in the West Bank city of Jenin.

The Independent UK

British diplomats among 25 fired on by Israeli troops during West Bank visit

Two British diplomats are understood to have been among a group of around 25 people involved in the West Bank city of Jenin

The Guardian - UK

Cutting aid for girls’ education isn’t just wrong – it’s economically illiterate

This slash-and-burn approach is indefensible and would have been anathema to previous Labour governments, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott

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Evening Standard

Government sends new aid to Gaza amid rising pressure on Israel to end blockade

A minister said the lack of aid reaching Gazans is ‘appalling’.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Britain’s new aid vision: less cash, more spin. The cost will be counted in lives

Editorial: With development assistance cuts, ministers have traded responsibility for rhetoric and borrowed from Donald Trump’s playbook

The Guardian - UK

Diminished UK aid budget is ‘new normal’, says development minister

Jenny Chapman says the government is not treating reduction in spending on overseas aid to 0.3% as temporary

The Independent UK

UK cuts to international aid will have huge impact, minister admits

Development minister claims there is an ‘absolute crisis’ in public support for international aid

Evening Standard

Aid groups hit back over development minister’s ‘charity’ comments

Groups said they rejected Baroness Jenny Chapman’s description of aid during her appearance before the Commons International Development Committee.

The Guardian - UK

Labour to defend aid cuts, claiming UK’s days as ‘a global charity’ are over

Development minister will tell MPs that Britain will share ‘incredible expertise’ instead of funding

Evening Standard

UK Government no longer ‘global charity’, aid minister to tell MPs

Baroness Jenny Chapman will say the UK will focus on partnering with developing countries rather than providing money.

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