2020-11-25 15:02:00 {widget1} Baroness Liz Sugg (right) is a minister at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (PA) 3 min read1 hr The government is facing a brewing backbench…
Category: Foreign Affairs
Now more than ever Britain must demonstrate world leadership – cutting our foreign aid budget won’t do that
2020-11-25 08:00:00 {widget1} Now is not the time to consider cutting our international aid budget, write Mark Garnier MP and Baroness Jenkin. | PA Images Mark Garnier and Baroness Jenkin …
Backbench Tories Are Threatening A Rebellion Over Threats To The Overseas Aid Budget
2020-11-24 16:49:00 {widget1} 3 min read2 hr Former International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell is understood to be rallying backbenchers to vote down any reduction to the 0.7 percent overseas…
Cutting the UK aid budget now would be immoral and dangerous
2020-11-24 15:21:00 {widget1} Dear Prime Minister, I write to urge you not to reduce the UK aid budget in the upcoming spending review. The reported reduction would be the biggest single cut…
What next for the Special Relationship
2020-11-16 07:51:00 {widget1} 8 min read16 November A free trade deal under a Joe Biden presidency may be more straightforward than people think, but the UK must confront the…
For the sake of British Business we must maintain our aid budget – here's why
2020-11-23 08:00:00 {widget1} Credit: PA Images With COP, the G7 and a new White House administration there are plenty of opportunities for Britain to continue its world leading role in protecting freedom…
It would be an insult to brave Hongkongers for Britain to ignore their plight
2020-11-23 08:00:00 {widget1} Hong Kong is now fully in the clutches of the Chinese Communist Party’s totalitarian rule, writes Tom Randall MP. | PA Images 4 min read23 November …
Boycotting the G20 can help improve Human Rights in Saudi Arabia
2020-11-21 08:00:00 {widget1} Now is the time to nudge the Kingdom towards meaningful reform, particularly on human rights, writes Alistair Carmichael MP. | PA Images 4 min read39 min …
Cutting the aid budget risks Global Britain’s role as a force for good
2020-11-20 08:00:00 {widget1} Cutting aid – money meant to fight deadly diseases – in the middle, a pandemic would be a victory for the virus, Romilly Greenhill writes. | PA images 4…
From Punjab to London, Sikhs around the world will soon be able to grasp their right to self-determination
2020-11-19 08:00:00 {widget1} Credit: Sikhs for Justice Now is the time to right historic wrongs and let Punjab determine how it wants to be governed. What do New Caledonia, Catalonia, Bougainville and…