Full @JamesCleverly quote: "To respond to the crisis, the UK will provide at least £87m to Yemen over the course of the next financial year, bringing the UK’s contribution since the start of this conflict to over £1bn." mfls
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Breaking: UK cuts aid spending to Yemen. Foreign Office minister James Cleverly tells UN pledging conference UK aid to Yemen in 2021 will be "at least £87m" cf. £160m in 2020 & £200m in 2019. Impact of HMG decision to cut UK ODA from 0.7% to 0.5% GNI?
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"With this funding, UK assistance will prioritise those most vulnerable & at highest risk. It will provide at least 1.6m people with access to clean drinking water, support 400 clinics to offer primary health care & feed 240,000 of the most vulnerable Yemenis every month."
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It’s the right thing to do.
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Great! Cut aid to those who are in desperate need, but of course, they will continue to supply arms to Saudi Arabia to carry on bombing; so I suppose aid is wasted on the dead. How can we continue to stand by while our government continue their right wing war on the poor
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The Royal Air Force hasn’t bombed Yemen once.
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What you mean Germany spends 0.6% of its gdp while GB spends 0.7% there you go
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