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Britain must accept the “hard limits” of cooperation with China even while relations between the two countries are at a mutually recognised peak, MPs have said.
Antibiotic resistance stands to worsen as long as nearly half of healthcare facilities in the developing world are without a basic level of water service, WaterAid said today, in response to a new report revealing 45% of healthcare facilities in least-developed countries, and one in four globally, do not have a clean source of water on site.
Donald Trump’s national security adviser has said the UK will be “at the top of the queue” for a trade deal after Brexit, as he downplayed fears over a no-deal scenario.
The Liberal Democrat International Development Spokesperson defends the 0.7% aid budget, which came in during the Coalition government as a Private Members’ Bill and which has been criticised recently by both Conservative politicians and think tanks.
Jeremy Corbyn walked out of cross-party talks on Brexit with Theresa May because Chuka Umunna was invited.
Ministers have been accused of failing to acknowledge a "historic debt" to black soldiers who served in World War Two amid claims they were paid significantly less than their white comrades.
Food and clothing imported by Western countries are making it harder for many poor and marginalised communities to get a daily clean water supply, a new report from WaterAid warns.
Not recognising Palestine undermines the UK’s position of working towards a two-state solution which ends the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, writes Layla Moran
The Kurdistan Region is a valuable partner in helping to promote religious tolerance, but we must do more to support their efforts, says Jack Lopresti
Theresa May has urged social media sites to remove all footage and "propaganda" connected to the gunman who carried out the Christchurch terror attack.
Donald Trump has said Theresa May’s failure to strike a deal with the European Union that could be supported by MPs was down to her failing to heed his advice.
Jeremy Hunt has granted diplomatic protection to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in a bid to up the pressure on the Iranian government to release her.
Day-after-day the latest project fear nonsense about no deal is being dismantled. MPs have a duty to deliver on their word and ensure we leave the EU on 29th March, writes Iain Duncan Smith
Responding to the announcement of new UK Aid support for organisations working to stamp out period poverty around the world, WaterAid Global Director of Campaigns Savio Carvalho said:
Conservative MP Bob Blackman writes about the Iranian people’s ongoing struggle for freedom and democracy following two major recent conferences in Warsaw and Munich.
Labour MP Tan Dhesi writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on the future of the Department for International Development and states: "If we are going to proclaim to the world that we are a charitable nation, upholding high moral and ethical standards, we cannot then tie charity to trade".
Hezbollah's political wing is among three Islamist groups to be proscribed in Britain as terror organisations, Sajid Javid has announced.
Former home secretary Ken Clarke has launched a full-blooded attack on Sajid Javid's "populist" decision to revoke the citizenship of Isis teen Shamima Begum.
Philip Hammond will not visit China in the coming days amid reports that Beijing pulled out after Gavin Williamson threatened to deploy a warship in the Pacific.
Conservative hard Brexiteers have inflicted another humbling defeat on Theresa May. But Downing Street insiders insist that in the end the PM will emerge from the political rubble clutching a Brexit deal, writes George Parker
Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for International Development writes to defend the 0.7% of GNI target enshrined into law during the Coalition government, and says she “will speak out against Conservative on-the-sly efforts to dismantle DFID or change the nature of our aid”.
Britain will provide £6.5m in new aid funding to help Venezuelans hit by food, medicine and water shortages, as their country's crisis continues, ministers have revealed.
Theresa May's commitment to protecting press freedoms abroad has been thrown into doubt after it emerged the Government is continuing to sell spyware to repressive regimes.
Venezuelan president Nicolas Naduro has "betrayed every socialist ideal" by overseeing the economic collapse of the crisis-torn country, according to Emily Thornberry.