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Save the Children’s released the below statement following the UK Prime Minister’s speech in Cape Town, today.
Theresa May will say she is "unashamed" about British foreign aid being used in the interests of the UK as well as poverty-stricken nations across the globe.
Senior Conservative politicians have hit back at Boris Johnson after he suggested Britain could face a Greek-style economic catastrophe under Theresa May's Brexit plans.
Theresa May is preparing to visit Africa for the first time since becoming Prime Minister in a bid to bolster Britain’s post-Brexit trade links.
Penny Mordaunt will today warn that Britain could pull over a billion pounds in foreign aid from EU projects in the event of a no deal Brexit.
Jeremy Hunt has defended UK ties with Saudi Arabia after a bomb dropped on a school bus in Yemen killed dozens of children.
Jeremy Hunt has today urged the EU to match US sanctions on Russia in the wake of the Salisbury nerve agent attack.
Board of Trade Adviser and former Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Patricia Hewitt welcomes the UK's new Export Strategy launched today by International Trade Secretary, Dr Liam Fox, with a national ambition to raise exports to 35% of GDP.
SNP Spokesperson for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Hannah Bardell MP, writes about what motivated her to set up the APPG for Deaths Abroad and Consular Services. She calls on the Foreign Secretary to attend the next APPG evidence session and hear first-hand how resources and training at the FCO need to be improved.
It has been the driest start to a summer in over 45 years in the UK. Yet, much of the country had water in reserve when it began, ensuring a continued safe supply for drinking and washing. Millions around the world are not that lucky: despite high rainfall, they go thirsty.
Last week in Saada province in Yemen a bombing raid by the Saudi-Emirati led coalition – British allies – killed at least 29 children while they were sat on their school bus. We must call on the Prime Minister to vocally condemn this attack and to use all of our leverage to influence all sides to immediately engage in the Geneva peace process in September, says Labour MP Keith Vaz.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has promised the husband of a charity worker jailed in Iran for spying that he will do everything he can to secure her release.
Jeremy Hunt has called on France and Germany to urge Brussels to relax its tough Brexit stance amid the growing risk of a no deal outcome.
Aid charities have failed to tackle "endemic" sexual abuse in the sector, MPs have warned.
Some men forget their wife's birthday, while others manage to misremember their wedding anniversary.
Britain is committed to enhancing its "golden era" in relations with China after Brexit, Jeremy Hunt has said ahead of his visit to Beijing.
Theresa May will be given the opportunity to outline her Brexit plans directly to EU leaders in a bid to reboot talks on Britain’s exit terms, it has been reported.
The London Global Disability Summit could mark the beginning of the end of the indifference surrounding the global disability crisis, says Kevin Watkins, Chief Executive, Save the Children.
Sajid Javid has been accused by Labour of "secretly and unilaterally" ditching Britain's opposition to the death penalty, after it emerged that he will not object to the United States executing two jihadi fighters.
The UK is well-placed to galvanise global progress, ensuring that disability inclusion is throughout all development as the norm, not the exception to the rule, says Tim Wainwright, Chief Executive of WaterAid UK.
At a time of national and international discord we must show that Britain is still capable of showing leadership when it matters, argues Angela Smith
After turning down Theresa May once this year, Jeremy Hunt couldn’t bring himself to say no to the Prime Minister twice. Taking over as Foreign Secretary from his controversial predecessor, he enters one of the great offices of state at a time of global upheaval, with Russia, Trump and Brexit among the issues on his in-tray. He talks to Daniel Bond
Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Drones, former Army Officer Adam Holloway MP launches the report of the APPG: 'The UK’s Use of Armed Drones: Working with Partners'.
Electoral rules should be “blown up” to stop campaigners busting spending limits like Vote Leave did in the EU referendum, a prominent Conservative MP has said.