Lisa Wise

Director of Global Policy, Advocacy & Research at Save the Children UK. Tweeting in a personal capacity.

[The New Statesman @NewStatesman]

Britain's Child Poverty Epidemic, a special issue guest edited by @GordonBrown

Inside:
🔴 @David_Tennant on community, faith and inequality
🔴 @Aiannucci on the death of nuance
🔴 Terri White on our schools' lost children
🔴 @KitdeWaal on the misery of growing up cold
🔴 @jamieoliver on the battle for breakfasts
🔴 Rowan Williams on the culture wars curse

🔴 @BernardineEvari 🔴@malorieblackman 🔴@MichaelRosenYes 🔴 Geoff Dyer

[Tom Fletcher @UNReliefChief]

So, for those killed and those whose voices are silenced: what more evidence do you need?

Will you act now – decisively – to prevent genocide in Gaza and to ensure respect for international humanitarian law?

This Council must prevail. Demand this ends.

[SavetheChildren News @SaveUKNews]

#AIDCUTS STATEMENT: Today Govt set out an extremely worrying retreat from tackling poverty.

Baroness Chapman said work to develop economies is a priority but decimating support for education and girls' equality will hold back this aspiration.

Details ⬇️https://t.co/LlHpIYJwxf

[Lisa Wise @Lisa_dh]

Very important that the ONE campaign is questioning the legality of the UK aid cuts. The legislation is there for a reason, and shouldn't be flouted for political reasons. Rule of law matters. And the 65 million people (at least) whose lives will be upturned by the cuts matter.

[ONE UK @ONEintheUK]

BREAKING: The ONE campaign is formally asking the UK government to justify the legality of its decision to cut international development aid.

https://t.co/Z19WJIv1aw

[SavetheChildren News @SaveUKNews]

STATEMENT: “The grim reality of the aid cuts is emerging as the UK signals it is looking to backtrack on promises it has already made to the world's poorest people."

Richard Watts, Senior Adviser on Development Finance at Save the Children

https://t.co/B3MoPMgzHU

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

UK aid cuts will devastate lives across the world.

❗ 55 million people will be deprived of aid.

❗ Women and girls will suffer the most.

❗ 12 million people will be without access to clean water or sanitation.

https://t.co/naPp0VfDfP

[SavetheChildren News @SaveUKNews]

#AidCuts: "There should be global moral outrage that the decisions made by powerful people in other countries have led to child deaths in just a matter of weeks."

- Christopher Nyamandi, Save the Children's country director in #SouthSudan
https://t.co/aIRQa5GTZ9

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

In Gaza, “children are dying en masse,” Shaima Al-Obaidi of @savechildrenuk tells @biannagolodryga.

“I cannot begin to describe the level of need here… I am terrified.”

[Joe Powell MP @josephpowell]

Under the Tories, Britain spent 28% of our aid budget on asylum hotels — an egregious waste of taxpayers' money and a clear misuse of funds intended to tackle global poverty.

I'm pleased this government is committed to speeding up asylum processing and reducing reliance on hotel accommodation.

Today, I asked the Home Office Minister for assurances that, given the planned reductions to the aid budget, an increasing share won’t be used on hotels — but will instead be focused on our international development priorities.

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

The UK must not be an #AllyToAtrocities @Keir_Starmer and @DavidLammy.

Israel’s latest attacks on Gaza shows that impunity breeds further atrocities.

The UK must end its complicity once and for all.

Go to https://t.co/1eaVBO3pt0 to find out more.

[Lisa Wise @Lisa_dh]

The realities of cuts to programmes providing life saving support for children are devastating. How awful that the UK will add to this misery through #ukaid cuts. #cutsthatkill

[Save the Children Global Media @Save_GlobalNews]

PRESS ZOOM: “We're talking about stopping aid to severely malnourished children in the middle of treatment. Closing clinics supporting pregnant women, newborn babies. It’s absolutely excruciating. I am in tears every single day." Gabriella Waaijman, COO @save_children

[Moazzam Malik @MoazzamTMalik]

#UKaid cuts ~ my interview with @SkyNews earlier this week

@savechildrenuk we are calling on PM @Keir_Starmer to act in the UK's national interest and in the interests of vulnerable children around the world: reverse the aid cut now!

https://t.co/VvVnlonBx5

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

Where is Ukraine’s missing money? Have you seen it? Because we haven’t—and neither have the children of Ukraine.

@SkySportsNews and @SkyKaveh are asking the question—so are we. @DavidLammy and the UK Government must release the Chelsea Fund now.

RT to demand action.

[Lisa Wise @Lisa_dh]

@AnnelieseDodds Very sorry to see you stepping down from this role, but very much respect your principled decision. Looking forward to all that you will bring from the backbenches.

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

Minister of State for Development, Anneliese Dodds, has resigned in response to the UK Gov slashing international aid to historic lows.

As conflict, climate change, and poverty are devastating lives, these cuts put the world’s most vulnerable at even greater risk. #AidCuts

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

As we marked 3 years of conflict, Arsenii, a Young Ukrainian Peacemaker, brought the impact of the war on children in directly to Parliament.

In a meeting with MP @RNBlake they spoke about the need for more education support and the release of the #UkrainesMissingBillions.

[BBC Breakfast @BBCBreakfast]

'I don't think the Government is being entirely straight forward with the British people'

Moazzam Malik from Save the Children spoke to #BBCBreakfast after Keir Starmer announced billions of pounds would be cut from the international aid budget to increase spending on defence to 2.5% of national income

https://t.co/72NbEz2NVZ

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

Earlier today the government announced a cut to the UK aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending.

12 years ago, we released this video to show how aid protects children in the toughest situations.

Now, the message is more important than ever.

[Lisa Wise @Lisa_dh]

Totally stunned. At a time when the UK needs to step up for the world's most vulnerable, it's stepping back. The failure to see how important aid is for global & national security is galling. We need defence and development. They're mutuallty reinforcing, not a zero sum game.

[Save the Children UK @savechildrenuk]

A statement from our CEO @MoazzamTMalik on the news that the government is cutting the UK aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending:

“We are stunned by this decision to cut the aid budget in order to increase military spending. It is a betrayal of the world’s most vulnerable children and the UK’s national interest.

By jeopardising the UK’s partnership with countries across the world and international organisations, it signals a withdrawal from efforts to tackle climate change, global poverty and inequality, and conflict and humanitarian needs. It will damage efforts to tackle global health needs and pandemics. It will add to economic instability internationally. The impacts will have direct consequences for children and families in the UK as well as around the world.

This decision comes at a time when global solidarity has never been more important. Other countries will watch the UK’s decision and are likely to follow suit in reducing commitments to international collaboration. It will undermine aspirations to build a ‘rules based order’ that is so essential for the UK’s long-term security and prosperity. It will make the world a more dangerous place for children now and in the future.

This decision flies in the face of the government’s commitment to respectful partnerships with the global south. There is nothing respectful about slashing lifelines for families in the most dangerous places. Earlier this week, the Prime Minister promised to ‘stand with Ukraine’. Now he’s serving notice on the support needed by the country’s children, who have been forced from their homes, seen their schools bombed and lived in fear for three years.

Through UK aid, we all help protect children facing the worst the world has to offer. We have every reason to be proud of it and the government should fearlessly protect it.”

[Adrian Lovett @adrianlovett]

Quick reminder from @ONECampaign where UK taxpayers' money goes - and why cutting aid to increase defence spending won't balance the books, it will just cost lives