#ukaid — Public Fediverse posts

🚁🦠 Oh, look! The UK government remembered Tristan da Cunha exists and decided to chuck some aid at it from the sky—2026's version of "thoughts and prayers." 🌍💌 Nothing screams "we care" like an #airdrop to the world's most isolated island, right? 🙄
https://www.tristandc.com/government/news-2026-05-11-airdrop.php #UKaid #TristanDaCunha #GovernmentResponse #IsolationAid #ThoughtfulPrayers #HackerNews #ngated

Op-ed for #WorldWaterDay2025. Follow Keynes’ advice from 1941- wealth tax on the super-rich can help fund social spending & defense. There’s no need for shameful cuts that will increase poverty & insecurities for the world’s most marginalised people. #USAID #water #Sanitation #WorldWaterDay2025 #UKAid How Aid Cuts Will Shatter Global Water and Sanitation Progress https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/03/aid-cuts-will-shatter-global-water-sanitation-progress

Britain cuts foreign aid to cope with growing defense spending. NGOs describe 40% slash in aid budget as “nightmare scenario”.
https://www.news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13566
#news #humanitarian #aid #ukaid #usaid #trump #starmer #britain #gaza #ukraine

🚨Statement: Action for #GlobalHealth calls for ‘Immediate Reversal’ of #UKAid cut from 0.5% of GNI to 0.3% to pay for increased #defence spending “Cuts to UK aid undermine efforts to achieve international stability, which in turn fuels further conflict” actionforglobalhealth.org.uk/aid-budgets-...

Ukraine has the right to target inside Russia with UK weapons, says UK Foreign Minister David Cameron, promising £3 billion annual military aid. Ukraine will decide whether to act on this right. #Ukraine #UKaid

Great Britain allocated £150 million to strengthen Ukraine's energy sector. The UK's permanent representative to the OSCE, Neil Holland, emphasized that Britain will continue to work with G7+ partners to help Ukraine restore, protect, and develop its energy system. #Ukraine #UKaid

"UK to provide €280 million for ammunition for Ukraine. This aid will significantly increase Ukrainian artillery supplies. The UK defense minister emphasized that this support will help defeat Putin and ensure victory for democracy and international order. Additionally, the UK has signed contracts for spare parts for Ukrainian tanks and armored vehicles." #Ukraine #UKAid

#UKaid spending: slashed budgets, #unethical compromises

#RishiSunak’s government is cutting the cash it gives to the world’s poorest, and now it admits that the results are devastating
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/02/the-guardian-view-on-uk-aid-spending-slashed-budgets-unethical-compromises
#ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity

#UKaid budget cuts are ‘death sentence’ for world’s most vulnerable children

#SaveTheChildren and #Oxfam urge government to restore #AidBudget back to 0.7% of national income
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/02/uk-aid-budget-cuts-are-death-sentence-for-worlds-most-vulnerable-children #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity

#WomensHealth at risk from #UKaid cuts, #ForeignOffice warned

Thousands more women will be forced into unsafe #abortions and die in #pregnancy and #childbirth, ministers told
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/aug/02/womens-health-at-risk-from-uk-aid-cuts-foreign-office-warned #ToryPoliciesInAction #ToryInhumanity