World’s poorest risk losing out as Brexit Britain pushes ‘aid for trade’
Thomson Reuters Foundation Women, young and disabled people risk being left out as Britain shifts aid spending to boost its own trade, experts said on Tuesday, with worries over Brexit already hitting the economy. A parliamentary watchdog and aid agencies criticised plans by Britain’s foreign aid agency, the Department for International Development, to focus on “trade […]
From Nepal to Nigeria, UK aid aims to save 500,000 people from slavery
Thomson Reuters Foundation Hundreds of thousands of people who have survived modern slavery or risk becoming enslaved in nations including Bangladesh, Nepal and Nigeria will receive support through a £40 million ($US54 million) aid package, the British government said on Friday. Half of the money will be split between tackling forced labour among women migrant […]