Monday's announcement confirmed my worst fears - not even those in the most desperate crises are safe from aid cuts Three weeks ago, foreign office minister James Cleverly told me that in the face of drastic cuts to the UK's aid budget, Yemen would remain a UK priority country and the government would use the full force of its diplomatic efforts to bring about peace. On Monday, those words rang hollow when he announced the UK was slashing humanitarian aid to Yemen by more than 50% compared with ...
We've cut aid to Yemen and children will starve - is this what global Britain means?
The Guardian - 2 Mar 2021 15:03
Monday's announcement confirmed my worst fears - not even those in the most desperate crises are safe from aid cuts Three weeks ago, foreign office minister James Cleverly told me that in the face of drastic cuts to the UK's aid budget, Yemen would remain a UK priority country and the government would use the full force of its diplomatic efforts to bring about peace. On Monday, those words rang hollow when he announced the UK was slashing humanitarian aid to Yemen by more than 50% compared with ...
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