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Voices: It is deluded to slash foreign aid in refugee hotspots without expecting more boats to arrive

COMMENT: Prevention is always better than cure, writes Sarah Champion, so investing in ways for people to feel secure and earn a living in their home country through aid is important

The Independent UK

True scale of global migration crisis revealed – and UK ‘has no plan to tackle it’

As Sir Keir Starmer focuses efforts on tackling small boat crossings, MPs accuse the government of having no plan to tackle the wider issue of global displacement, which has reached ‘crisis levels’

The Independent UK

UK has ‘not concluded’ Israel carrying out genocide in Gaza, Lammy says

Government position set out in letter to select committee as No 10 prepares for visit by Israeli president

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Anas Sarwar defends UK Labour hosting Israeli president despite Gaza genocide

SCOTTISH Labour leader Anas Sarwar has defended the UK Government’s decision to play host to Israeli president Isaac Herzog despite the genocide…

The National (Scotland)

UK visit of Israeli president sparks outrage among ‘appalled’ MPs

Isaac Herzog is expected to visit London for two days next week

The Independent UK

Labour MPs urge Keir Starmer not to meet Israeli president during visit to London

Isaac Herzog is understood to be visiting London next week

Evening Standard

Will the UK government ban VPNs?

As UK residents turn to VPNs to get around the Online Safety Act, concerns that VPNs will be banned have bene raised

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More than 250 MPs call on Keir Starmer to recognise state of Palestine

MORE than 250 MPs have now called on Keir Starmer and David Lammy to recognise Palestine as a state.

The National (Scotland)

UK’s Starmer faces mounting pressure to recognise Palestinian state

As starvation grips Gaza, more than 200 UK lawmakers urge Prime Minister Keir Starmer to recognise Palestinian state.

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Top Westminster committee calls out Labour ministers on F-35 exports to Israel

A WESTMINSTER committee has written to the Business Secretary over “concerns” that providing F-35 components to Israel is incompatible with the…

The National (Scotland)

Voices: UK aid cuts are even harsher than they first appeared. And the scale is horrifying

COMMENT: Many of us hoped the worst damage could be avoided, writes Sarah Champion, chair of the International Development Select Committee – but the spending review has dashed that

The Independent UK

Foreign Office reveals warnings about loss of influence over aid cuts

Exclusive: A government consultation found concerns about the UK’s credibility abroad after Keir Starmer’s foreign aid cuts

The Independent UK

Voices: The UK should be taking the lead on international aid – not abandoning women and girls around the world

COMMENT: With aid budgets slashed and progress on gender equality under threat, the UK needs to continue support for sexual and reproductive rights, writes International Development Committee chair Sarah Champion

The Independent UK

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.

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Attenborough film shows seabed ‘devastation’ says MP in bottom trawling ban call

Climate leaders are set to meet in Nice, France, next month.

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Labour Minister Slammed for Claiming Remembrance Day Wreath on Expenses

Labour’s Industry Minister Sarah Jones is facing a wave of criticism after it was revealed she claimed £27.50 on expenses for a Remembrance Day wreath.

The Independent UK

‘Savage’ UK cuts will deprive 55m people of aid around the world

IN FOCUS: Exclusive: The cuts will result in a reduction of key programmes for education, family planning, water and food aid. Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin report

The Independent UK

Benefits reform and jobs cuts: The political headaches for Labour in Reeves’ spring statement

Labour chancellor set to squeeze Whitehall budgets by up to 7 per cent

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Evening Standard

Labour MPs warn aid budget cuts could allow greater role for Russia and China

Concerns were raised during a Commons debate despite a welcome for the move to increase defence spending.

Evening Standard

Labour MP says Starmer ‘taking the axe’ to UK’s aid budget to fund defence

Labour MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion also said a ‘scandalously large amount of ODA’ had been spent ‘on domestic refugee costs’.

The Guardian - UK

Cross-party group of MPs express ‘deep concern’ over cuts to UK’s aid budget

International development committee warns of the potential damage cuts may cause in letter to the PM

Evening Standard

MPs write to Starmer about ‘deep concern’ over aid budget cut

Sarah Champion, chairwoman of the International Development Committee, said the ‘brutal’ cut to funds ‘risks undermining our soft power’.

The Independent UK

Starmer faces growing concerns from MPs over ‘brutal’ cuts to foreign aid budget

Sir Keir Starmer is facing increasing pressure from MPs over his decision to cut the overseas aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending

The Guardian - UK

Keir Starmer faces backbench rebellion over ‘shortsighted’ cuts to aid budget

MPs ask ‘what will be left of Labour programme?’ amid calls for rethink and plan to speak out against decision

The Guardian - UK

Labour facing defeat in vote to ban green energy investments tied to Uyghur exploitation

Exclusive: cross-party backing likely for amendment to GB Energy bill aiming to block solar panels made by forced labour

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