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Starmer’s slashing of aid is not just a betrayal, it’s a choice. A wealth tax could easily reverse it
By: Jonathan Stevenson
Date: 26 February 2025
Campaigns: Aid
Keir Starmer just made a terrible choice. Ahead of his meeting with Donald Trump tomorrow, the prime minister has announced that he will cut the UK aid budget by 40%, […]
Read more“Day of shame for Britain”, campaigners say as aid spend cuts announced
Date: 25 February 2025
Campaigns: Aid
Responding to today’s announced cuts to aid spending, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said: Starmer’s announcement today is politics at its most base. To appease Trump, he will […]
Read more‘Pouring aid money into private sector not the solution to tackling global issues’, campaigners say
Date: 3 February 2025
Campaigns: Aid
Responding to development minister Anneliese Dodds’ speech on Monday, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now said: Pouring aid money into the private sector is not the solution to tackling […]
Read moreUK aid watchdog right to criticise ‘slapdash’ Foreign Office approach, campaigners say
Date: 7 October 2022
Campaigns: Aid
Analysis of FCDO’s Prosperity Fund backs up criticisms of ‘clear as mud’ UK aid spending Today, the UK aid watchdog ICAI (Independent Commission for Aid Impact) has published its rapid […]
Read moreWarning signs: The Prosperity Fund and the hijacking of UK aid
Type: Reports
Date: 7 June 2022
Campaigns: Aid
The UK government’s recently published international development strategy promises to use aid to support “free trade” and “free markets”, alongside promoting British expertise and building “economic partnerships” with countries through […]
Read moreLiz Truss’s claim to offer honest development is ‘a game as old as empire’
Date: 16 May 2022
Campaigns: Aid
Reacting to the release of the UK government’s new international development strategy (1), Daniel Willis, campaign manager at Global Justice Now said: “Liz Truss’s claim to be an honest actor […]
Read moreScottish campaigner gathering and teach-in
When: 2:00 pm, February 26, 2022 to 4:30 pm, February 26, 2022
Campaigns: Aid, Pharma
This online campaigner gathering is a chance to meet up with global justice campaigners in Scotland to learn, share ideas, and plan action for 2022.
Read moreAid revamp labelled: ‘Cold War throwback’
Date: 25 November 2021
Campaigns: Aid
Responding to Liz Truss’ announcement that CDC Group will be revamped into the British International Investment today, Nick Dearden, Director of Global Justice Now said: “This money should be about […]
Read more‘Inward-looking’ Budget will leave little faith in UK at COP26, campaigners say
Date: 27 October 2021
Campaigns: Aid, Climate, Pharma
Reacting to the Chancellor’s Budget speech, Nick Dearden, director of Global Justice Now, said: “All the Chancellor has confirmed today is that he is incapable of looking beyond the UK’s […]
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There is no climate justice without debt justice
By: Daniel Willis
Date: 20 September 2021
Campaigns: Aid, Climate
Although it might not seem obvious, the global debt system and climate change are inextricably linked, creating a vicious cycle of financial and ecological crises across the global south.
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