Britain’s foreign aid cut: who will feel the impact?
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Britain has cut its commitment to foreign aid spending in 2021, pledging to spend 0.5 per cent of gross national income, instead of the promised 0.7 per cent. Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in April outlined a breakdown of Britain’s development budget, with humanitarian aid mostly impacted. The temporary reduction in overseas aid could […]
Back at work, British PM Johnson faces lockdown Catch-22
London, UKReuters Prime Minister Boris Johnson returns to work on Monday to the biggest dilemma of his premiership: how to lift the coronavirus lockdown that is destroying swathes of the British economy without triggering a deadly second wave of the outbreak. Johnson, 55, is back in Downing Street almost a month to the day since […]
UK PM Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as COVID-19 symptoms worsen
London, UKReuters British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was moved to an intensive care unit on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened though his Downing Street office said he was still conscious. Britain has no formal succession plan should the Prime Minister become incapacitated, but Johnson, 55, has asked Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to deputise for […]