Britain slashes humanitarian aid by 51% despite global food crisis

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Campaigners say ministers must change course as millions face famine in Africa and the Ukraine war threatens to disrupt global food supplies

Photograph: Yahya Arhab/EPAPhotograph: Yahya Arhab/EPAMinisters have been accused of choosing the “worst moment in history” to slash the foreign aid budget, as provisional figures showed that UK overseas humanitarian funding was cut by more than half last year.Ukraine

 

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Yeah well we need it here as the government is seemingly letting everyone who needs a free life into our country. The same amount of money is being spent.

With this government I’m not really surprised.

No surprise there is there?

We're not really into being humanitarian. Just like Trump did in the US, our govt gives us permission to be selfish and uncaring, whilst the crown is carried to Parliament in a gilded carriage to signify our (not mine, btw) deep Christian values. Charity begins in the heart.

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