The UK is cutting the UK overseas aid budget. Does this mean we have to give more to charity as individuals? And if we don't where does it leave charities?
#OverseasAid
#Charity
#UK
#OverseasAid
#Charity
#UK
Keir Starmer to carry out largest cut to UK overseas aid in history
NGOs accuse prime minister of following US by accepting ‘false choice’ of cutting aid to fund defence
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The UK is cutting the UK overseas aid budget. Does this mean we have to give more to charity as individuals? And if we don't where does it leave charities?
#OverseasAid
#Charity
#UK
#OverseasAid
#Charity
#UK
It's incredibly sad that "overseasAid is super correlated with anti-immigration sentiment/support for Brexit" sank in ... somehow without them grasping that there's no automatic reason that changing the policy will do anything (other than killing the people depending on it & creating more immgn.)
April 27, 2026 at 10:07 PM
It's incredibly sad that "overseasAid is super correlated with anti-immigration sentiment/support for Brexit" sank in ... somehow without them grasping that there's no automatic reason that changing the policy will do anything (other than killing the people depending on it & creating more immgn.)
How the hell are #Tories going to save all this money?
Benefits have been slashed already.
And as for reducing the already diminished #OverseasAid budget....
Do that at your peril.
#wato
Benefits have been slashed already.
And as for reducing the already diminished #OverseasAid budget....
Do that at your peril.
#wato
October 8, 2025 at 12:21 PM
How the hell are #Tories going to save all this money?
Benefits have been slashed already.
And as for reducing the already diminished #OverseasAid budget....
Do that at your peril.
#wato
Benefits have been slashed already.
And as for reducing the already diminished #OverseasAid budget....
Do that at your peril.
#wato
Yep - overseasAid is one of the top correlates to Authoritarianism/ImmigrationSentiment.
In practice, it's <anyAttitudinalVariable> that relates to <aGroupSurveyRespondentsProbablyArentIn>.
In practice, it's <anyAttitudinalVariable> that relates to <aGroupSurveyRespondentsProbablyArentIn>.
September 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Yep - overseasAid is one of the top correlates to Authoritarianism/ImmigrationSentiment.
In practice, it's <anyAttitudinalVariable> that relates to <aGroupSurveyRespondentsProbablyArentIn>.
In practice, it's <anyAttitudinalVariable> that relates to <aGroupSurveyRespondentsProbablyArentIn>.
So we take billions away from #overseasaid and give it to America for #F35s and nuclear bombs to make the world safer.
Ummm
Ummm
June 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
So we take billions away from #overseasaid and give it to America for #F35s and nuclear bombs to make the world safer.
Ummm
Ummm
Good Morning & 😊Night Midnighters & everyone 🙏✊Day 266 of Lab Govt of Change. New Lab has NO Morals NO Humanity & NO Shames as it cruelly hammers poor ppl at home & abroad. Yes most Lab MPs & Peers cheered when Reeves cruelly cut:
#OverseasAid #WinterFuelPayments, #DisabilityBenefits
#ToriesGone266
#OverseasAid #WinterFuelPayments, #DisabilityBenefits
#ToriesGone266
March 28, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Good Morning & 😊Night Midnighters & everyone 🙏✊Day 266 of Lab Govt of Change. New Lab has NO Morals NO Humanity & NO Shames as it cruelly hammers poor ppl at home & abroad. Yes most Lab MPs & Peers cheered when Reeves cruelly cut:
#OverseasAid #WinterFuelPayments, #DisabilityBenefits
#ToriesGone266
#OverseasAid #WinterFuelPayments, #DisabilityBenefits
#ToriesGone266
What a great time to be cutting #overseasaid
February 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
What a great time to be cutting #overseasaid
#Liebour UK
Cannot afford
To address #ChildPoverty
To fix energy bills
#WinterFuelPayment
#WASPI reparations
Eliminate #TwoChildLimit / #RapeClause or #BedroomTax
#OverseasAid
Address #ClimateChange
CAN afford
Nuclear-armed fighter jets
WMD's & #Trident replacement
Billions spent but missiles USA
Cannot afford
To address #ChildPoverty
To fix energy bills
#WinterFuelPayment
#WASPI reparations
Eliminate #TwoChildLimit / #RapeClause or #BedroomTax
#OverseasAid
Address #ClimateChange
CAN afford
Nuclear-armed fighter jets
WMD's & #Trident replacement
Billions spent but missiles USA
Britain's high-profile purchase of fighter jets armed with nuclear bombs is a primarily political move which gives the country no obvious military advantage, a new report has warned
RAF nuclear fighter jet purchase 'is £1bn thank you to Uncle Sam'
www.thenational.scot
November 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
#Liebour UK
Cannot afford
To address #ChildPoverty
To fix energy bills
#WinterFuelPayment
#WASPI reparations
Eliminate #TwoChildLimit / #RapeClause or #BedroomTax
#OverseasAid
Address #ClimateChange
CAN afford
Nuclear-armed fighter jets
WMD's & #Trident replacement
Billions spent but missiles USA
Cannot afford
To address #ChildPoverty
To fix energy bills
#WinterFuelPayment
#WASPI reparations
Eliminate #TwoChildLimit / #RapeClause or #BedroomTax
#OverseasAid
Address #ClimateChange
CAN afford
Nuclear-armed fighter jets
WMD's & #Trident replacement
Billions spent but missiles USA
So #OverseasAid funds extra #DefenceSpending
#Aid dropping from 0,7% to 0.5% to 0.3%
No integrity chasing #Trump & #Reform
Tax the rich and corporations to fund 0.17% GSP extra for #Defence
#Unrest abroad is often triggered by deep poverty
Cut in #Aid does what?
@channel4news.bsky.social #news
#Aid dropping from 0,7% to 0.5% to 0.3%
No integrity chasing #Trump & #Reform
Tax the rich and corporations to fund 0.17% GSP extra for #Defence
#Unrest abroad is often triggered by deep poverty
Cut in #Aid does what?
@channel4news.bsky.social #news
February 25, 2025 at 7:07 PM
So #OverseasAid funds extra #DefenceSpending
#Aid dropping from 0,7% to 0.5% to 0.3%
No integrity chasing #Trump & #Reform
Tax the rich and corporations to fund 0.17% GSP extra for #Defence
#Unrest abroad is often triggered by deep poverty
Cut in #Aid does what?
@channel4news.bsky.social #news
#Aid dropping from 0,7% to 0.5% to 0.3%
No integrity chasing #Trump & #Reform
Tax the rich and corporations to fund 0.17% GSP extra for #Defence
#Unrest abroad is often triggered by deep poverty
Cut in #Aid does what?
@channel4news.bsky.social #news
#TaxTheRich to fund increased defence spending.
Why do those most in need have to pay the highest price?
#WealthTax
#Inequality
#OverseasAid
Why do those most in need have to pay the highest price?
#WealthTax
#Inequality
#OverseasAid
65% of Britons support the government's plan to increase defence spending by cutting overseas aid
Support: 65%
Oppose: 20%
By party voted for in 2024
Reform UK: 91% support
Conservative: 83%
Lib Dem: 62%
Labour: 61%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Support: 65%
Oppose: 20%
By party voted for in 2024
Reform UK: 91% support
Conservative: 83%
Lib Dem: 62%
Labour: 61%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
March 3, 2025 at 1:24 PM
#TaxTheRich to fund increased defence spending.
Why do those most in need have to pay the highest price?
#WealthTax
#Inequality
#OverseasAid
Why do those most in need have to pay the highest price?
#WealthTax
#Inequality
#OverseasAid
- OverseasAid = - support developing countries = + migration = + UK Overseas Aid supporting migrants in UK = + profit private capital .
Who is the winner ….rentier sector .
UK gov scare of losing the support of Capitalists, the financial sector .
Who is the winner ….rentier sector .
UK gov scare of losing the support of Capitalists, the financial sector .
June 20, 2025 at 7:48 AM
- OverseasAid = - support developing countries = + migration = + UK Overseas Aid supporting migrants in UK = + profit private capital .
Who is the winner ….rentier sector .
UK gov scare of losing the support of Capitalists, the financial sector .
Who is the winner ….rentier sector .
UK gov scare of losing the support of Capitalists, the financial sector .
Can we get replacement #NuclearWarheads from the #French
We can't trust #Trump not to operate a #KillSwitch on #Trident
Either we have a truly #Independent #Deterrent
Or we Invest the money more effectively (#OverseasAid?)
@channel4news.bsky.social #news
We can't trust #Trump not to operate a #KillSwitch on #Trident
Either we have a truly #Independent #Deterrent
Or we Invest the money more effectively (#OverseasAid?)
@channel4news.bsky.social #news
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Can we get replacement #NuclearWarheads from the #French
We can't trust #Trump not to operate a #KillSwitch on #Trident
Either we have a truly #Independent #Deterrent
Or we Invest the money more effectively (#OverseasAid?)
@channel4news.bsky.social #news
We can't trust #Trump not to operate a #KillSwitch on #Trident
Either we have a truly #Independent #Deterrent
Or we Invest the money more effectively (#OverseasAid?)
@channel4news.bsky.social #news
During the election campaign I said that when faced with a choice between being force fed a plate with 1 pile of shit and one with 2, the right decision is horrible but clear.
Keir Starmer has proved that he really is a pile.
The Express and Mail will be delighted.
#overseasaid
#defence
Keir Starmer has proved that he really is a pile.
The Express and Mail will be delighted.
#overseasaid
#defence
February 25, 2025 at 6:11 PM
During the election campaign I said that when faced with a choice between being force fed a plate with 1 pile of shit and one with 2, the right decision is horrible but clear.
Keir Starmer has proved that he really is a pile.
The Express and Mail will be delighted.
#overseasaid
#defence
Keir Starmer has proved that he really is a pile.
The Express and Mail will be delighted.
#overseasaid
#defence
Britain Cuts Overseas Aid 2026: UK ODA cut from 0.7% to 0.5% GNI in 2021; researchers warn 22m avoidable deaths over five years if cuts persist (The Guardian, Mar 22, 2026). 👈 Read full analysis #Britain #OverseasAid #ForeignAid #UKGovernment #AidCuts
Britain Cuts Overseas Aid 2026
UK ODA cut from 0.7% to 0.5% GNI in 2021; researchers warn 22m avoidable deaths over five years if cuts persist (The Guardian, Mar 22, 2026).
dlvr.it
March 22, 2026 at 6:14 PM
Britain Cuts Overseas Aid 2026: UK ODA cut from 0.7% to 0.5% GNI in 2021; researchers warn 22m avoidable deaths over five years if cuts persist (The Guardian, Mar 22, 2026). 👈 Read full analysis #Britain #OverseasAid #ForeignAid #UKGovernment #AidCuts
Catching up on #ukparliament #G20 and #COP29 summits statement: the Prime Minister ducked a question from MP @werahobhouse.bsky.social about paying into the #lossanddamage fund, pointing to the UK's #NetZero efforts. At the very least, the UK needs to restore its #overseasaid budget to 0.7% of GDP.
November 25, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Catching up on #ukparliament #G20 and #COP29 summits statement: the Prime Minister ducked a question from MP @werahobhouse.bsky.social about paying into the #lossanddamage fund, pointing to the UK's #NetZero efforts. At the very least, the UK needs to restore its #overseasaid budget to 0.7% of GDP.
Cutting the UK's #overseasaid budget from 0.5% GDP to 0.3% is not what is needed - Sky News lnkd.in/eexizRTd
Worsening #extremeweather means UK's share should now be 0.7% (the pre-Covid goal). Unless warming is limited to 2°C, the % of GDP needed increases. Nature Comment shows why lnkd.in/ewxFbKA5
Worsening #extremeweather means UK's share should now be 0.7% (the pre-Covid goal). Unless warming is limited to 2°C, the % of GDP needed increases. Nature Comment shows why lnkd.in/ewxFbKA5
February 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Cutting the UK's #overseasaid budget from 0.5% GDP to 0.3% is not what is needed - Sky News lnkd.in/eexizRTd
Worsening #extremeweather means UK's share should now be 0.7% (the pre-Covid goal). Unless warming is limited to 2°C, the % of GDP needed increases. Nature Comment shows why lnkd.in/ewxFbKA5
Worsening #extremeweather means UK's share should now be 0.7% (the pre-Covid goal). Unless warming is limited to 2°C, the % of GDP needed increases. Nature Comment shows why lnkd.in/ewxFbKA5
👇🏽👇🏽
#DavidLammy: 🚨 UK ambassadors tasked w/helping our
companies💥champion their interests overseas💥 driving *growth* for the British public🚨
while cutting #OverseasAid...
RSVP #BAESystems @baesystems.com
@channel4news.bsky.social @krishgm.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#DavidLammy: 🚨 UK ambassadors tasked w/helping our
companies💥champion their interests overseas💥 driving *growth* for the British public🚨
while cutting #OverseasAid...
RSVP #BAESystems @baesystems.com
@channel4news.bsky.social @krishgm.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
David Lammy faces possible legal action over Foreign Office secondments
Campaigners say placing staff from Shell and BAE Systems in ministries creates potential for improper influence
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:23 AM
👇🏽👇🏽
#DavidLammy: 🚨 UK ambassadors tasked w/helping our
companies💥champion their interests overseas💥 driving *growth* for the British public🚨
while cutting #OverseasAid...
RSVP #BAESystems @baesystems.com
@channel4news.bsky.social @krishgm.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#DavidLammy: 🚨 UK ambassadors tasked w/helping our
companies💥champion their interests overseas💥 driving *growth* for the British public🚨
while cutting #OverseasAid...
RSVP #BAESystems @baesystems.com
@channel4news.bsky.social @krishgm.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Cutting foreign aid instead of raising taxes to pay for defence was a tough choice. But if half the households in the UK donated a pound a day to a charity working in that field, it would plug the gap #charity #overseasaid
February 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Cutting foreign aid instead of raising taxes to pay for defence was a tough choice. But if half the households in the UK donated a pound a day to a charity working in that field, it would plug the gap #charity #overseasaid
"The world had been on track to end the AIDS pandemic by 2030 – instead the death toll is set to triple by the decade’s end.
Speaking to The Independent, Trump defended the decision and accused European countries of failing to contribute to the global HIV response."
#OverseasAid #Trump #HIV
Speaking to The Independent, Trump defended the decision and accused European countries of failing to contribute to the global HIV response."
#OverseasAid #Trump #HIV
May 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"The world had been on track to end the AIDS pandemic by 2030 – instead the death toll is set to triple by the decade’s end.
Speaking to The Independent, Trump defended the decision and accused European countries of failing to contribute to the global HIV response."
#OverseasAid #Trump #HIV
Speaking to The Independent, Trump defended the decision and accused European countries of failing to contribute to the global HIV response."
#OverseasAid #Trump #HIV
2/2: Cuts #OverseasAid without remorse
Cuts #WinterFuelPayments to pensioners without remorse
Bans a Civil Rights movement marching against Live Streamed Genocide as a terrorist
Defends legal fight against anti democratic & anti civil rights laws by previous Govt
#ToriesGone377
Cuts #WinterFuelPayments to pensioners without remorse
Bans a Civil Rights movement marching against Live Streamed Genocide as a terrorist
Defends legal fight against anti democratic & anti civil rights laws by previous Govt
#ToriesGone377
July 17, 2025 at 12:02 AM
2/2: Cuts #OverseasAid without remorse
Cuts #WinterFuelPayments to pensioners without remorse
Bans a Civil Rights movement marching against Live Streamed Genocide as a terrorist
Defends legal fight against anti democratic & anti civil rights laws by previous Govt
#ToriesGone377
Cuts #WinterFuelPayments to pensioners without remorse
Bans a Civil Rights movement marching against Live Streamed Genocide as a terrorist
Defends legal fight against anti democratic & anti civil rights laws by previous Govt
#ToriesGone377
Also in the paper:
• Our full General #Synod digest of all the February sessions
• Helen Morgan tackles misconceptions about #overseasaid
• Interview with @gbemisola_ikumelo on biblical inspiration
• How to celebrate art in sacred places
• Richard Harries probes the prose of T.S. Eliot
• Our full General #Synod digest of all the February sessions
• Helen Morgan tackles misconceptions about #overseasaid
• Interview with @gbemisola_ikumelo on biblical inspiration
• How to celebrate art in sacred places
• Richard Harries probes the prose of T.S. Eliot
February 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Also in the paper:
• Our full General #Synod digest of all the February sessions
• Helen Morgan tackles misconceptions about #overseasaid
• Interview with @gbemisola_ikumelo on biblical inspiration
• How to celebrate art in sacred places
• Richard Harries probes the prose of T.S. Eliot
• Our full General #Synod digest of all the February sessions
• Helen Morgan tackles misconceptions about #overseasaid
• Interview with @gbemisola_ikumelo on biblical inspiration
• How to celebrate art in sacred places
• Richard Harries probes the prose of T.S. Eliot
A question on #Africa #OverseasAid tabled by Charlotte Nichols on 07-04-2025 has been answered by Mr Hamish Falconer. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-07/44569
April 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A question on #Africa #OverseasAid tabled by Charlotte Nichols on 07-04-2025 has been answered by Mr Hamish Falconer. https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-07/44569
The Chancellor states #defence spending will increase to 2.5% of #GDP by reducing #OverseasAid to 0.3% of gross national income. This will boost defence by £2.2 billion. #UK #SpringStatement #SpringStatement2025
March 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The Chancellor states #defence spending will increase to 2.5% of #GDP by reducing #OverseasAid to 0.3% of gross national income. This will boost defence by £2.2 billion. #UK #SpringStatement #SpringStatement2025
Why should any non-aligned country seeing
#West not standing up for, let alone promoting, its #values
#UK #Cutting #OverseasAid
#US #destroying #USAId
not welcome the #Chinese (even #Russians) with open arms (they seem to have self-belief)?
#news #itvnews #c4news #skynews #bbcnews
#West not standing up for, let alone promoting, its #values
#UK #Cutting #OverseasAid
#US #destroying #USAId
not welcome the #Chinese (even #Russians) with open arms (they seem to have self-belief)?
#news #itvnews #c4news #skynews #bbcnews
August 13, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Meanwhile, whilst #Labour panders to #Farage
#OverseasAid cut, #destitution & #war abroad, leading to more migration
Something arse about face?
@channel4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social #news
@skynewsrss.bsky.social @bbcnewsofficial.bsky.social
#OverseasAid cut, #destitution & #war abroad, leading to more migration
Something arse about face?
@channel4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social #news
@skynewsrss.bsky.social @bbcnewsofficial.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Meanwhile, whilst #Labour panders to #Farage
#OverseasAid cut, #destitution & #war abroad, leading to more migration
Something arse about face?
@channel4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social #news
@skynewsrss.bsky.social @bbcnewsofficial.bsky.social
#OverseasAid cut, #destitution & #war abroad, leading to more migration
Something arse about face?
@channel4news.bsky.social @itvnews.bsky.social #news
@skynewsrss.bsky.social @bbcnewsofficial.bsky.social