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Focusing foreign aid on infectious diseases has allowed a rise in cancer and diabetes that African governments don’t have resources to fight, says Dr Githinji GitahiHealth services in Africa are at risk of “collapse in the next few years” due to soarin…
Ed Miliband thought to have expressed unease at cabinet meeting while MPs across party have condemned ideaCabinet ministers including Ed Miliband have raised concerns over Keir Starmer’s decision to slash overseas aid to pay for increased defence spend…
This blog is now closed, you can read more of our UK political coverage herePMQs is about to start.Here is the list of MPs down to ask a question.The threat from the far right is real, but that leaves me all the more convinced that working together is …
PM’s Washington trip clear impetus for abrupt news of budget switch to meet defence commitment by 2027Starmer announces big cut to UK aid budget to boost defence spendingBefore Keir Starmer’s meeting with Donald Trump on Thursday, the prime minister th…
Announcement prompts concerns that PM is pandering to US president and warnings over consequences of aid cutsKeir Starmer has announced that Britain will “fight for peace in Europe” with a generational increase in defence spending paid for by slashing …
Reduction to 0.3% of gross national income in order to fund defence spending has been decried as a ‘move to appease Trump’The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, has “taken from the mouths of the hungriest people in the world” by cutting aid spending, cam…
PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than plannedUK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has announced drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budget to help pay for a major increase in defence sp…
This blog is now closed, you can read more on this story hereThe rightwing historian Niall Ferguson is in the audience for Badenoch’s speech, according to James Heale from the Spectator.Niall Ferguson spotted at Kemi Badenoch’s big speech on foreign af…
The Trump administration has announced significant restructuring at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), involving the dismissal of approximately 1,600 employees based in the United States and placing nearly all other staff worldwide on indefinite paid administrative leave. This move is part of a broader effort to reduce USAID’s workforce and influence, following earlier
The Finance Ministry of India has reported that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) funded seven projects in India worth approximately $750 million during the fiscal year 2023-24.For the financial year 2023-24, an obligation of a total of $97 million has been made by USAID under the seven projects, the latest annual report of the Finance Ministry saidThese projects