Government under increased pressure to reverse foreign aid cuts
Philanthropists including the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will today pledge more than £100 million to a one-year plan to partially replace the cuts in the UK’s aid budget.
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Journalist fundraises for website to record UK government ‘lies’
"If people base their judgements on lies, they are treated as children, and that diminishes democracy.”
Cummings: It is ‘impossible to describe how horrific decision-making is’ in Govt
The comments were made during an online question and answer session, which subscribers were required to pay to access.
UK government ‘failing’ to prevent climate dangers, report finds
“The latest UK Climate Projections show a hot summer like 2018 is likely to occur every other year by 2050, by which time the number of heat-related deaths could more than triple from today’s level in the absence of additional adaptation,” the report read.
Government and media ‘language’ explains Brexit, researchers say
“Politicians obscure exclusionary ideologies and policies behind inclusionary rhetoric that highlights the ‘value’ of migrant ‘contributions’," a doctoral researcher said.