Foreign aid

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper

Mammoth cut to UK Malawi budget slammed by Scottish minister

The UK Government move brings greater instability to the world and makes it less safe

The UK Government move brings greater instability to the world and makes it less safe

Slashing foreign aid is a dereliction of duty and a false economy

First Minister John Swinney said he was deeply concerned about reported cuts to Malawi's aid budget

First Minister John Swinney said he was deeply concerned about reported cuts to Malawi's aid budget

'Alarming': John Swinney hits out at Labour's 'drastic' planned aid cuts to Malawi

Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to the Ely & Caerau Children's Centre in Cardiff

Prime Minister Keir Starmer during a visit to the Ely & Caerau Children's Centre in Cardiff

Malawi warns of 'serious consequences' if Labour cut foreign aid

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper

Plan to cut 2000 Foreign Office staff puts lives at risk, UK Government warned

File photograph of Prime Minister Keir Starmer

File photograph of Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Labour's foreign aid cut saw Sudan atrocity prevention plans rejected

Former UN Secretary General adviser Mark Seddon (right) has said he is 'unconvinced' by Keir Starmer's approach to defence spending, which has come alongside a major cut to foreign aid

Former UN Secretary General adviser Mark Seddon (right) has said he is 'unconvinced' by Keir Starmer's approach to defence spending, which has come alongside a major cut to foreign aid

Keir Starmer's defence plan will not make UK safer, ex-UN adviser warns

Less will be spent on women's health and water sanitation

Less will be spent on women's health and water sanitation

Labour panned for foreign aid cuts as women and children to be hit hardest

The Government has said it wants to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers (Gareth Fuller/PA)

The Government has said it wants to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers (Gareth Fuller/PA)

UK Government draining aid budget with 'broken' asylum hotels policy, watchdog warns

4 things you need to know about the upcoming Doctors Without Borders event in Glasgow

4 things you need to know about the upcoming Doctors Without Borders event in Glasgow

4 things you need to know about the upcoming Doctors Without Borders event in Glasgow

Magnus Wolfe Murray was formerly a humanitarian adviser to the UK Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh

Magnus Wolfe Murray was formerly a humanitarian adviser to the UK Government’s Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office at Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh

UK Government slashing aid funding will hit world’s biggest refugee camp hard

Iain Gordon of Stranraer is travelling back to Ukraine once again

Iain Gordon of Stranraer is travelling back to Ukraine once again

'I've lost friends in this war': 62-year-old Scot makes 17th Ukraine aid delivery

Jeremy Corbyn and Caroline Lucas have taken the Prime Minister to task over a decision to slash foreign aid, which international organisations are saying will have devastating results

Jeremy Corbyn and Caroline Lucas have taken the Prime Minister to task over a decision to slash foreign aid, which international organisations are saying will have devastating results

'Millions will suffer': Why Labour's aid cut will have devastating results

Labour leader Keir Starmer, and the Foreign Office international development offices in East Kilbride

Labour leader Keir Starmer, and the Foreign Office international development offices in East Kilbride

SNP raise fears for 1500 Scottish civil service jobs as Keir Starmer cuts aid budget

Scottish church leader warns of 'devastating impact' to aid cuts

Scottish church leader warns of 'devastating impact' to aid cuts

Scottish church leader warns of 'devastating impact' from aid cuts

The former Green MP slammed the Prime Minister's flip-flopping on the aid budget

The former Green MP slammed the Prime Minister's flip-flopping on the aid budget

'Must watch': Caroline Lucas demolishes Keir Starmer policy in BBC interview

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn (left) and Prime Minister Keir Starmer

SNP Westminster leader Stephen Flynn (left) and Prime Minister Keir Starmer

'Populist playbook': Stephen Flynn pans Labour raid on foreign aid budget

The Foreign Office has been accused of being 'inappropriate' and 'rooted in the past'

The Foreign Office has been accused of being 'inappropriate' and 'rooted in the past'

Scottish development chief slams 'appalling' London Foreign Office building

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron is the minister in charge of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign Secretary Lord David Cameron is the minister in charge of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign Office 'elitist' and 'rooted in past', says report by top diplomats

Tory MSP Stephen Kerr has been embroiled in a row over Islamophobia over his attacks on Humza Yousaf

Tory MSP Stephen Kerr has been embroiled in a row over Islamophobia over his attacks on Humza Yousaf

REAL SCOTTISH POLITICS

Wee Ginger Dug: Scottish Tory's politicking over Gaza aid backfires

Aid deliveries to Gaza are 'impossible' due to worsening conditions, humanitarian workers say

Aid deliveries to Gaza are 'impossible' due to worsening conditions, humanitarian workers say

‘Running into gunfire for a bag of flour’: Warning Gaza aid deliveries ‘impossible’

The link between sexual health and rights and unintended population growth was established decades ago

The link between sexual health and rights and unintended population growth was established decades ago

I witnessed the realities of cuts to FCDO funding on a parliamentary trip

Citizens with foreign passports wait to travel through the Rafah crossing

Citizens with foreign passports wait to travel through the Rafah crossing

UK Foreign Office visa for British citizens in Gaza is in 'stark contrast' to Ukraine

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Foreign Secretary James Cleverly (Jonathan Brady/PA)

James Cleverly makes threat to pull Foreign Office support for SNP ministers

An organisation run by the Foreign Office has channelled hundreds of millions of pounds to these hospitals according to the report.

An organisation run by the Foreign Office has channelled hundreds of millions of pounds to these hospitals according to the report.

Hundreds of millions of UK aid 'funding hospitals detaining and exploiting patients'

Research has showed that only 58% of Scots agree that the UK needs a strong military to be effective on the international stage

Research has showed that only 58% of Scots agree that the UK needs a strong military to be effective on the international stage

David Pratt: Are Scottish and English attitudes to foreign policy that different?

Stewart McDonald published a report and called on SNP leadership contenders to set out their views on foreign policy

Stewart McDonald published a report and called on SNP leadership contenders to set out their views on foreign policy

Call for SNP candidates to set out foreign policy positions on EU and Nato

Haiti is one of the top 20 countries at greatest risk of humanitarian crises in 2023, according to the International Rescue Committee

Haiti is one of the top 20 countries at greatest risk of humanitarian crises in 2023, according to the International Rescue Committee

Calls for Tories to U-turn on international aid cuts after alarming report

The First Minister is a life-long feminist and commissioned a report on how Scotland could adopt outward looking foreign policy

The First Minister is a life-long feminist and commissioned a report on how Scotland could adopt outward looking foreign policy

What is feminist foreign policy and why did the Scottish Government commission a report on it?

Much of the pot is being spent on housing Ukrainian refugees, leaving less to fund humanitarian programmes in Africa and Asia

Much of the pot is being spent on housing Ukrainian refugees, leaving less to fund humanitarian programmes in Africa and Asia

UK spending more on foreign aid at home than abroad, experts find

Boris Johnson oversaw a cut to foreign aid as Prime Minister, which experts warned would cost lives

Boris Johnson oversaw a cut to foreign aid as Prime Minister, which experts warned would cost lives

PAYMENTS PAUSED

Pause on international aid payments 'will cost lives', Tories warned

Boris Johnson's Tories broke a manifesto pledge and cut the UK's international aid budget

Boris Johnson's Tories broke a manifesto pledge and cut the UK's international aid budget

Independent Scotland 'would double UK's slashed international aid allocation'

Tories face calls to reinstate aid budget on anniversary of ‘cruel’ cuts

Tories face calls to reinstate aid budget on anniversary of ‘cruel’ cuts

Tories face calls to reinstate aid budget on anniversary of ‘cruel’ cuts

Tories' foreign aid cuts 'will cost lives' of most vulnerable in the world, Government warned

Tories' foreign aid cuts 'will cost lives' of most vulnerable in the world, Government warned

Conservative Party

Tories' foreign aid cuts 'will cost lives' of world's most vulnerable, Government warned

Rishi Sunak urged to restore the UK's foreign aid budget to original level

Rishi Sunak urged to restore the UK's foreign aid budget to original level

Rishi Sunak urged to restore the UK's foreign aid budget to original level

The UK foreign aid cut will wreak havoc for developing economies

The UK foreign aid cut will wreak havoc for developing economies

Conservative Party

The UK’s 2021 foreign aid failure should be a priority in 2022 as Omicron surges

BBC foreign affairs editor John Simpson reported from Afghanistan on Radio 4

BBC foreign affairs editor John Simpson reported from Afghanistan on Radio 4

LISTEN: BBC journalist breaks down as he reports on Afghanistan crisis

Boris Johnson's fund for developing countries dubbed 'greenwashing'

Boris Johnson's fund for developing countries dubbed 'greenwashing'

Boris Johnson's fund for developing countries dubbed 'greenwashing'

Ahmed Ali uses ash and soil to washes his hands outside his makeshift home at Xidig IDP camp in Dayniile district Mogadishu, Somalia.

Ahmed Ali uses ash and soil to washes his hands outside his makeshift home at Xidig IDP camp in Dayniile district Mogadishu, Somalia.

Conservative Party

Independent Scotland to commit to restore international aid cut by Tories

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has come under fire for plans to count IMF funds as aid money

Chancellor Rishi Sunak has come under fire for plans to count IMF funds as aid money

Conservative Party

Tory attempt to 'siphon off' aid funds 'callous to the core', SNP say

Around 1000 Afghans, possibly more, who are still looking to escape and eligible for resettlement have been left behind

Around 1000 Afghans, possibly more, who are still looking to escape and eligible for resettlement have been left behind

UK Government must take 'full responsibility' for left-behind Afghans, say SNP

The people of Afghanistan are trying to get to safety

The people of Afghanistan are trying to get to safety

David Pratt: There are lessons for us all in tragic Afghanistan crisis

The violent response by the Colombian government has been criticised

The violent response by the Colombian government has been criticised

Alyn Smith: This is why Colombia is a country that matters to us

'Scotland has also shown it is on a completely different trajectory to the UK' as Westminster cuts aid and Holyrood increases it, Alyn Smith says. Data shows how the UK is outspent by small European nations.

'Scotland has also shown it is on a completely different trajectory to the UK' as Westminster cuts aid and Holyrood increases it, Alyn Smith says. Data shows how the UK is outspent by small European nations.

Conservative Party

House of Commons data shows how Scotland could act on overseas aid

Theresa May was among those to defy a three-line whip, but it made no difference

Theresa May was among those to defy a three-line whip, but it made no difference

Foreign aid cuts with devastating consequences were always going to pass