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the cuts to aid have been broadly condemned.

Here, you'll see the reaction of organisations and influential people to the recent UK Aid cuts:


Cut aid and benefits to boost defence? The sums don't quite add up - The Times


UK aid cuts are a ‘blow to Britain’s reputation’, David Miliband warns - Financial Times


I'm a former royal marine-turned-Labour MP - Rachel Reeves is missing the point on defence - The Independent


Spring Statement: ‘The Chancellor must not make foreign aid cuts worse’ - LabourList


Raiding the aid pot to plug financial holes is a monumental act of self-harm - Politics Home


Why UK was wrong to cut overseas aid and Scotland must keep trying to 'make poverty history' - The Scotsman


I led Britain’s Armed Forces – long-term security is more than boots on the ground - The Telegraph


Why Starmer's cuts to UK aid budget will hurt both at home and abroad - Big Issue


We civil servants will cut UK aid if we are told to. But when people die, we’ll make sure everyone knows it - The Guardian


Piecemeal cuts won't cover defence spending rises, so what's the plan? - The Times


International aid is as vital as defence spending – cutting either undermines British security - The Guardian


Cutting development aid is an act of self-harm - The Telegraph


I ran Britain’s army. I know what it needs. Don’t cut aid to fund defence - The Guardian


Keir Starmer's Foreign Aid Cuts Will 'Create Chaos And Cost Lives', Says Senior Labour Peer - Huffington Post


No wonder Anneliese Dodds has resigned over cutting aid to the world’s poorest people – it’s the only right thing to do - The Independent


Making the world’s most defenceless people pay for UK defence is reprehensible - The Independent





Below, you'll see the reaction of organisations and influential people to the 2021 UK Aid cuts:


Business groups call on Johnson to rethink overseas aid cuts - Financial Times


Justin Welby warns Tories against cutting Britain’s overseas aid budget - The Guardian


Exclusive: David Cameron and Tony Blair warn against proposed cut to foreign aid budget -  The Telegraph


‘Global Britain’ shouldn’t be taking an axe to foreign aid - Julian Jessop


'A commitment to the world's poorest': government urged to preserve aid budget - The Telegraph


Boris Johnson urged to commit to aid budget after defence boost - The Guardian


A terrible time for the UK to cut foreign aid - The Guardian


MPs from seven parties urge government not to cut overseas aid - The Guardian


Boris Johnson rocked by Tory revolt as foreign aid faces cut to pay for Covid crisis - Evening Standard


Aid budget cuts will worsen the climate crisis - The Guardian


Five former PMs oppose move to cut foreign aid - The Times


Parliament ready to resist Rishi Sunak's bid to cut foreign aid - The Telegraph


We’re in a diplomatic arms race — if we cut aid we’ll fall behind - Tom Tugendhat MP, The Times


Foreign office minister Baroness Sugg resigns after aid budget slashed by £5bn in spending review  - The Telegraph


On tone and substance, this Spending Review was wide of the mark - CapX


Mission at risk? - Save the Children


UK government’s foreign aid cuts put girls’ education at risk - The Conversation


Tory rebels seek to block £4bn cut to foreign aid budget in Parliament - The Telegraph


Aid cuts will devastate lives – the government must commit to a budget reinstatement date now - Independent


UK must keep its foreign aid promises - Financial Times


Cutting international aid budget "short-sighted" and must be reconsidered - The Church of Scotland


By cutting foreign aid, Britain risks losing its position as a force for global good - Peter Bottomley MP, Politics Home


Cutting UK overseas aid in the name of Covid fiscal prudence is pure nonsense - The Guardian


Rishi Sunak reverted to Tory type when he chose to leave the world’s poor behind - The Guardian


UK aid cut 'regrettable' while world's poorest facing 'worst hour', says UN humanitarian chief - The Telegraph


Boris Johnson facing Commons defeat on foreign aid cuts warns David Davis - Evening Standard


Stephen Crabb: The UK has a huge role in global disease prevention. We must not step back from our commitments. - Conservative Home


David Davis: Cutting foreign aid now will only drive refugees into desperate dangers - Evening Standard


Putting domestic politics above honouring global commitments would be a serious mistake - Baroness Anelay, The Times


We have to keep our promise to the world’s poorest – and save the 0.7 per cent aid target - Bob Seely MP, New Statesman


The government’s cuts to UK aid will lead to the preventable loss of life around the globe - Pauline Latham MP and Stephen Crabb MP, Politics Home


Children will die due to UK overseas aid cuts, paediatricians say - The Guardian


Our merry Christmas may be littler than expected - but it can remind us to be generous - Former Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams, The Mirror


Plans to slash £4bn from overseas aid will be blocked until 2022, opponents warn Boris Johnson - Independent


We can’t turn away from our country’s history of being an ambitious development superpower - Baroness Chalker, Independent


Cutting foreign aid will put girls at risk - Caroline Nokes MP, The Guardian


Government faces Commons defeat if it fails to back down on foreign aid cut, senior Tories warn - The Telegraph


Harriet Baldwin MP: Cutting foreign aid is a blatant breach of our manifesto pledge – and I will not vote for it - Conservative Home


The Conservatives are pitting the white working class against black people - The Guardian


Parties shouldn’t assume red wall voters are ‘anti-aid’ - Ryan Henson (Coalition for Global Prosperity) and Sarah Champion MP


Mark Garnier: I have never voted against the Government before. But the proposed cut to foreign aid leaves me with no choice - Conservative Home


Breaking our promise on overseas aid is just not cricket - Tim Loughton MP, The Times


Rishi Sunak’s plan to cut foreign aid budget is ‘unlawful’, says senior former law officer - Evening Standard


Sir Mark Lowcock: UK foreign aid cut will mean huge loss of life, says UN official - The Times


Rishi Sunak is paying Covid bills off the backs of the poor. It shames our country - Former PM Gordon Brown, The Guardian


Andrew Mitchell and Douglas Alexander: It’s time to ‘crack the crises’ on Covid, injustice and climate change at this year’s G7 - Conservative Home


Tackle Covid, poverty, and climate change together, Government is urged - Church Times


UK's aid budget cuts undermine G-7 global health agenda, experts say - Devex


Anger as Boris Johnson breaks pledge to give MPs vote before billions slashed from overseas aid - Independent


Boris facing defeat by Tory rebels over £6.9bn cut to foreign aid - Reaction


Boris Johnson’s promise to share vaccines with poorer nations will ring hollow if it comes with a price tag - Baroness Sugg, Independent


Global Britain is failing Yemenis - Tobias Ellwood MP, The Times


Boris’s aid cuts problem isn’t going away - The Spectator


Boris Johnson says Keir Starmer ‘could have asked questions about’ UK when Labour leader raises Yemen aid cut - Independent


Cutting aid to starving children in Yemen – our national badge of shame - Kevin Watkins, The Telegraph


Edward Leigh: The aid cut doesn’t add up — and that’s why I won’t be voting for it - Evening Standard


UK government accused of ‘grotesque betrayal’ as full foreign aid cuts revealed - Open Democracy


UK aid cuts to Yemen are a 'betrayal of British values', warn charities - The Telegraph


Britain 'plans to slash foreign aid to war-torn countries including Syria and Libya by up to two thirds' in 'devastating' blow to conflict-ridden populations - Daily Mail


More than 100 UK charities condemn aid cuts to Yemen - Channel 4


UK 'balancing books on backs of Yemen's starving people', says UN diplomat - The Guardian


The UK's broken promises will hurt thousands of women – as well as our reputation  - Baroness Sugg, The Telegraph


Christian Wakeford: The pandemic is no excuse to break our election promise and reduce aid to Yemen - Conservative Home


Senior Tory says UK government avoiding foreign aid vote because it'd lose - Open Democracy


Women and girls disproportionately affected by UK government’s ‘devastating’ cuts to overseas aid - Independent


Backlash as UK cuts funding for global health research in half - The Telegraph


UK scientists attack 'reckless' Tory cuts to international research - The Guardian


Ruth Davidson accuses Boris Johnson of ‘abdication of moral duty’ to the world’s poor as she joins aid spending cut revolt - Evening Standard


Aid cuts will cost lives in South Sudan, Archbishop of Wales warns - Church Times


The Integrated Review should be a chance to promote British values – so why are we scrapping the 0.7% promise on aid? - Pauline Latham MP, Politics Home


Research funding cut would damage 'Global Britain' - BBC News


Boris warned army and aid cuts do not send 'global Britain message' required post-Brexit - Daily Express


UK's drastic cut to overseas aid risks future pandemics, say Sage experts - The Guardian


Foreign aid: Government decision to cut budget 'unlawful', says peer - BBC News


With Britain’s aid budget cut, COP26 is doomed - Neil Parish MP, The Times


Hopes UK will ‘rethink’ foreign aid cut amid Tigray conflict, says UN’s Sir Mark Lowcock - Channel 4


Syria aid cut could come back to bite UK, warns UN official - The Guardian


Charities say foreign aid cut will hamstring Glasgow climate summit - The Times


UK urged to take lead in helping poor countries fund climate action - The Guardian


If the UK cuts aid to Syria the consequences will be catastrophic - Anthony Mangnall MP, Politics Home


UK scientists warn of 'catastrophic' impact of funding cuts - The Guardian


G7 should double help for poorer countries to cut CO2 emissions, says UN - The Guardian


Cutting aid will damage UK leadership of G7 and Cop26 summit, PM told - The Guardian


Cutting foreign aid is legally dubious, morally wrong and a strategic mistake - Andrew Mitchell MP, Reaction


UK Government accused of 'abandoning moral obligations' for slashing aid to Yemen - ITV


Cutting aid to Yemen is the first deadly consequence of abandoning our 0.7% promise - Andrew Mitchell MP, Politics Home


UK aid budget: Charities call £500m cut a tragic blow - BBC News


Bill Gates demands UK reverse foreign aid cuts amid 'critical' vaccine rollout - The Mirror


Malala Yousafzai: We must stop Covid shutting girls out of school forever - Financial Times


‘This is the worst possible time to cut aid’, says Tory MP Andrew Mitchell - Channel 4


Sarah Champion MP: The government is ‘failing the world’s poorest’ - Left Foot Forward


Theresa May Joins Tory Rebellion On Overseas Aid Cuts - Huffington Post


Foreign aid: More Conservative rebels join bid to reverse cuts - BBC News


John Major joins push to overturn cut to UK overseas aid budget - The Guardian


Derek Thomas: With the eyes of the world on Cornwall, the Government must think again on aid cuts - Conservative Home


Foreign aid: Charities criticise 'devastating' cuts ahead of G7 - BBC News


The Guardian view on foreign aid cuts: conservatism without compassion - The Guardian


Tory rebels plot new Commons revolt against foreign aid cuts - The Telegraph


UK aid cuts imposed with no transparency, says watchdog - The Guardian


Foreign aid: Is public opinion shifting on cuts? - BBC News


Aid cuts risk ‘perfect storm’ of lost funding and expertise, warns former PM May - Evening Standard


Tories will be 'Nasty Party' again if foreign aid cuts go through, Boris Johnson warned - The Mirror


Tories must recommit to foreign aid or keep losing votes - Layla Moran MP, The Times


Why we mustn’t turn our backs on the world’s poor – Stephen Timms - Politics.co.uk


Charity remains at home - The Critic


Boris Johnson's deadly cuts to the world's poorest set to face High Court battle - The Mirror


Boris Johnson cut foreign aid and ruined our chances of Cop26 success -Independent


There is little hope for a swift return to 0.7 per cent foreign aid target - Pauline Latham MP, Politics Home


Zimbabwean who cleared Falklands mines urges rethink on 75% cut to clearance programmes - The Guardian


UK 'slow' to make aid climate-friendly, says watchdog - Devex


Afghan women and girls could die because Taliban gender rules block UK aid, Save the Children says - Independent


Rishi Sunak under fire over 'shocking' plan to 'recycle' IMF cash as foreign aid - The Mirror


COP26: PM warned over aid cuts ahead of climate summit - BBC News


Government's 59 per cent aid cut to war-torn Yemen 'frankly unfathomable', says Yorkshire MP Gill Furniss - Yorkshire Post


Cuts to overseas aid thwart UK efforts to fight Covid pandemic - The Guardian


Rishi Sunak extends Tory cut to foreign aid that broke his own manifesto - The Mirror


David Davis: We must show we did not ‘take back control’ in order to turn our back on the world - ConservativeHome


Fresh aid cuts would further diminish Global Britain as a force for good - Andrew Mitchell MP and Liam Byrne MP, Politics Home


International co-operation is vital to solve global problems. So why has Britain retreated? - Preet Gill MP, Prospect Magazine


UK accused of abandoning world’s poor as aid turned into ‘colonial’ investment - The Guardian

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