ANDREW PIERCE: Even Lord Freud couldn’t analyse tricky Theresa 

ANDREW PIERCE: Even Lord Freud couldn’t analyse tricky Theresa By Andrew Pierce for the Daily Mail Published: 23:34 BST, 18 July 2021 | Updated: 23:43 BST, 18 July 2021 After Theresa May voted against a three-line whip for the first time in 24 years as an MP by joining last week’s Tory revolt against a … Read more

Boris Johnson ‘will grant Tory MPs a vote on foreign aid cut’

Boris Johnson ‘is set to perform a U-turn on his foreign aid cut by granting Tory rebels a vote on the issue’ after Conservative MPs fear they are ‘turning back into the nasty party’ Boris Johnson is ‘actively considering’ granting MPs a vote on foreign aid cut Some 50 Tories against cut from 0.7 per … Read more

Rebel MPs scent victory on foreign aid as they fight to force reverse planned cut to handouts 

Rebel MPs scent victory on foreign aid as they fight to force Boris Johnson to reverse planned cut to handouts The Prime Minister temporarily reduced aid to 0.5 per cent of national income  Thirty Tory MPs support an amendment that would require new legislation Health Secretary Matt Hancock told the BBC the cut was ‘entirely reasonable’  … Read more

Britain ‘plans to slash foreign aid to war-torn countries by up to two thirds’

The Government is planning to slash hundreds of millions of pounds in foreign aid to countries in conflict zones around the world, according to a leaked document. Figures obtained by the openDemocracy website reveal that senior Foreign Office officials have discussed cutting aid to Syria by two-thirds – from £137million pledged last year to just … Read more

Biden threatens Myanmar with sanctions as administration debates calling military takeover a ‘coup’

President Joe Biden threatened to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar on Monday as his administration debates whether to call the military takeover a ‘coup.’ Insiders familiar with the back-and-forth described the discussions as ‘chaos’ as officials fear that the White House calling the military takeover a coup could anger China and force the United States to withdraw … Read more

Rishi Sunak announces UK foreign aid budget will be SLASHED

Rishi Sunak today announced he is slashing the UK’s foreign aid budget as he put the Government on a collision course with furious Tory MPs and charity bosses.   The Chancellor said the current legal commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product on overseas aid was ‘difficult to justify’ during the coronavirus crisis … Read more

Rishi Sunak announces UK foreign aid budget will be SLASHED

Rishi Sunak today announced he is slashing the UK’s foreign aid budget as he put the Government on a collision course with furious Tory MPs and charity bosses.   The Chancellor said the current legal commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of gross domestic product on overseas aid was ‘difficult to justify’ during the coronavirus crisis … Read more