Sarah Champion: ‘UK aid cuts have jeopardised the health of millions. But it doesn’t have to be this way’
In 2020, almost 300,000 women died during, or following, pregnancy and childbirth. 95% of these deaths took place in lower middle-income countries, a shocking reminder of how far the world still has to go in reducing inequality in maternal health. The importance of a greater focus on sexual and reproductive health is clear. According to […]
Labour slam ‘risky’ new foreign aid plans
Labour have this afternoon criticised the foreign secretary’s plans for the future of UK international development. Labour’s shadow international development minister Preet Kaur Gill said the public would prefer an aid budget that was geared toward: “help[ing] those most in need around the world, not horse-traded for favours to big British corporations”. She went on: […]
