#overseas aid

[jangillman]

[ceevee5]

Billions in foreign aid never leaves Britain under Sunak rules – analysis

PM previously cut aid and allowed use of international development money for domestic purposes, such as housing Ukrainian refugees

“The UK is one of only a few countries – and the only one in the G7 – to fund all the costs of Ukrainian refugees from its existing aid budget … Sunak is considering freezing the international development budget for an extra two years – saving £4bn a year – as he looks at ways to plug a multi-billion pound fiscal black hole.”

[generalelectionmusings]

Overseas aid grants stopped ahead of department being axed

Exclusive: Warning that ‘people will die or be pushed further into extreme poverty’ – as doomed Department for International Development sla

[pointless-letters]

Because nothing says “charity” quite like angrily demanding a thank you from some of the most unfortunate, scared and desperate people on the planet.

[faithroots74]

Should Keir Starmer cut the Overseas Aid budget to pay for defence?

Gavin Calver of the Evangelical Alliance doesn’t think so. Here is his response which he shared via facebook. I appreciate Gavin’s heart concern and compassion here. However, I disagree. This video explains why.

Should Keir Starmer cut the Overseas Aid budget to pay for defence?

[rashmeerl]

Haiti doesn’t need the world to be hands-off, but with hands stretched out to save it from falling

/ LANGUAGE In the aftermath of the assassination of Haiti’s president Jovenel Moise, the usual terms have been trotted out to describe the world’s first independent black republic: dysfunctional and chaotic; the poorest country in the western hemisphere. I find it significant that a new word has also made an appearance: ungovernable. In all the...