SCIAF 🧡

✝️ The official Catholic aid agency of Scotland.
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[International Development Committee @CommonsIDC]

The UK aid watchdog @icai_uk has today released a report warning of mounting global pressures as the UK reshapes its approach to aid – a lot of which we agree with.

Head to our website to read Chair @SarahChampionMP’s comment in full: https://t.co/GpTSp45dmh

[CAN-UK @CAN_UK_]

The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels is happening in Santa Marta, Colombia.

CAN-UK's Santa Marta briefing outlines six priorities for the UK government at the conference and beyond:

https://t.co/HtpSSSPiRM

#FossilFreeFuture
#JustTransitionNow

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✝️Happy Easter!

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[Bond @bondngo]

🚨NEW: Today, the FCDO have announced allocations of the UK aid budget, which reveal severe cuts across the board including to Africa and the Middle East.

Regional bilateral UK aid to Africa will decline by 56% from 2024/5, before the UK aid cuts, to 2028/29.

[International Development Committee @CommonsIDC]

We are disappointed with the Government's aid spending allocation announcement, which pits development spending against defence spending. As Chair @SarahChampionMP told the Foreign Secretary, development spending is often a first form of defence.

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"Cutting aid will not defend the UK’s interests but rather will make the world a less safe place."

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🚨 Today the UK Government has set out further details of its aid budget cuts, the bilateral aid to Africa will be cut by almost £900 million by 2028 as part of devastating changes to Britain’s international aid spending.

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"The UK must restore the aid budget, and use its G20 Presidency to find solutions that bridge the gap between the huge need for aid and available resources - such as reforming the system that bleeds Africa dry in unfair debt repayments.

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