Starmer faces darkening mood among Labour MPs after aid cuts

Development minister resigns in protest at Starmer’s aid cuts

Move by Anneliese Dodds comes after prime minister announces plan to shift resources to defence

Financial Times - 19m

Starmer announces big cut to UK aid budget to boost defence spending

PM confirms rise in military spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2027 – three years earlier than planned. Keir Starmer has announced drastic cuts to Britain’s international aid budget to help pay for a ...

The Guardian - 3d

Starmer’s cuts are a huge mistake – foreign aid is an investment, not an expense | Halima Begum

At the height of the cold war, the west advanced its soft power through aid and development spending. If we cut that now, who will fill the vacuum?. Halima Begum is the chief executive of Oxfam ...

The Guardian - 2d

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. Sir Keir Starmer is to take UK overseas aid to its lowest level as a percentage of national ...

The Guardian - 10h

Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget

Exclusive: International development minister warns it will be ‘impossible’ to retain funding in Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine. Anneliese Dodds: soft left intellectual pushed to resign How much does ...

The Guardian - 1h

‘We have nothing now’: Myanmar’s exiled media face existential crisis after Trump severs aid

Organisations that take extreme risks to document atrocities, corruption and war crimes fear for their future after USAid cuts. Each month Su Myat secretly crosses the border from Thailand into ...

The Guardian - 4d

Starmer warns cabinet about Blairism — while bringing in New Labour era staff

Prime minister’s note to ministers repudiates older views on globalisation and immigration

Financial Times - Feb. 21

The huge risks facing Starmer at Trump meeting

When Sir Keir Starmer touches down in Washington next week, he will be treading a fine diplomatic line.

BBC News - Feb. 20

MP Mike Amesbury jailed for 10 weeks after assault

Sentencing may trigger first by-election under Labour government

Financial Times - 4d

MP Mike Amesbury has prison sentence suspended after appeal

Ex-Labour MP was originally jailed for 10 weeks for assaulting a man in the street. The former Labour MP Mike Amesbury has had his 10-week prison sentence for assault suspended for two years, after ...

The Guardian - 1d

Jailed MP Mike Amesbury freed after sentence suspended

By-election in Cheshire seat still likely under parliamentary rules

Financial Times - 1d

Ex-archbishop Carey among clergy facing possible disciplinary action

The report into prolific abuser John Smyth accuses several members of the Church of safeguarding failures.

BBC News - 2d

Trump cuts off talk of Canada annex alongside UK’s Starmer: ‘That’s enough’

President Trump on Thursday cut off talk during a press conference with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer about his desire to make Canada “the 51st state,” with Starmer insisting there is ...

The Hill - 21h

People will starve because of US aid cut to Sudan, humanitarian worker warns

Nearly two million people who have relied on community kitchens for food have lost this lifeline.

BBC News - 3d

U.S. aid cuts will "deepen the suffering" in Sudan, front-line doctor says

A doctor battling to save lives amid Sudan's "forgotten war" tells CBS News he can't understand Mr. Trump's aid freeze, but Sudanese people will suffer for it.

CBS News - 2d

GOP Gambles on Budget Plan That Helps the Rich and Cuts Aid to the Poor

The House Republican budget plan would pair tax cuts that primarily benefit the rich with cuts to programs that help the poor.

The New York Times - 1d

Trump administration says it's cutting $60 billion in USAID foreign aid contracts

The Trump administration said it is eliminating more than 90% of the U.S.

NBC News - 1d

Trump cuts nearly $60 billion in foreign aid grants and contracts

For 60 years, the United States has believed that foreign aid in the form of international grants to provide food, medical care and other humanitarian aid would stabilize the chaotic world. In a ...

CBS News - 17h

Accelerating USAID cuts devastated lifesaving programs, aid groups warn

The Trump administration’s cancellation of $60 billion in U.S.

NBC News - 1h

Starmer defends slashing aid budget to raise defence spending to 2.5% of GDP - UK politics live

Keir Starmer says now is the time to deepen European security, as he announces new defence budget by 2027. The rightwing historian Niall Ferguson is in the audience for Badenoch’s speech, ...

The Guardian - 3d

Trade-promoting UK departments face ‘up to 40%’ staff cuts

Restructuring plans come as Britain seeks to boost inward investment

Financial Times - 5d

Starmer prepares to meet Trump after raising defence spending

The PM will head to Washington a day after announcing military budgets would rise to 2.5% of national income by 2027.

BBC News - 2d

Why Starmer is visiting Trump after Macron's stop at the White House

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in Washington, D.C., for a meeting with President Trump as European nations seek security guarantees for Ukraine in the peace talks with Russia. CBS News ...

CBS News - 23h

After chiding US allies, Trump lavishes praise on ‘special’ Starmer

UK prime minister hails ‘very productive discussion’ but president declines to back plan for Ukrainian peacekeepers

Financial Times - 19h

Struggling soup kitchens and hospitals in Sudan face uncertainty amid U.S. aid freeze

When President Trump ordered a 90-day freeze on foreign aid, no one felt the impact more than the people of Sudan. Two years of civil war has left more than 25 million Sudanese starving in what is ...

CBS News - 2d

Anger as aid worker dies after DR Congo shooting

Yahoo News - 6d

William at his lowest after Kate's diagnosis, says ex-aide

Jason Knauf says the Prince of Wales was deeply affected by the Princess of Wales's cancer diagnosis.

BBC News - 5d

After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison is reassigned: Sources

Efforts by a White House intermediary to push the DOJ to hire candidates with "exceptional loyalty" to Trump sparked clashes with AG Pam Bondi's top aide, sources say.

ABC News - 3d

'The mood is buzzing' - Palace thrash Villa as Wharton shines

After a slow start to the season, Crystal Palace have turned a corner with a thrashing of Aston Villa the latest sign they are on the up.

BBC News - 2d

Minister resigns over cuts to overseas aid, saying move harms UK's reputation

Dodds delayed her resignation until after Keir Starmer's meeting with President Trump, saying he had needed a united cabinet.

BBC News - 1h

After fizzled tailgates, Falcons superfan 'Birdlady' faces criminal charges

Clients say they paid for parties, but when the goods didn't arrive, some called law enforcers for help.

ESPN - 6d

Wolves' Edwards faces ban after 16th T, ejection

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards is set for an automatic one-game suspension after picking up two technical fouls in Thursday's loss to the Lakers.

ESPN - 1h

Labour cannot ignore Trump’s impact on defence

The tough choices the government needs to make will inevitably mean talking about defence spending in the open

Financial Times - 3d

Georgia Republican faces town hall backlash over DOGE's 'chainsaw approach' to federal cuts

Rep. Rich McCormick, who represents a safe GOP district, came under harsh criticism that focused on the Trump administration’s moves to slash federal jobs and budgets.

NBC News - Feb. 21

ECB faces risk of ‘sleepwalking’ into too many rate cuts, says top official

Rate-setters need to stand ready to pause further monetary easing, Belgian central bank governor says

Financial Times - 4d

Trump wants a $5 million ‘gold card’ path to citizenship to cut U.S. debt. Here are the obstacles he’ll face.

President Donald Trump has proposed a new “Trump gold card” program that would provide foreign investors who put up at least $5 million with U.S. residency and a path to citizenship — but the plan ...

MarketWatch - 1d

Pope Francis Is in a ‘Good Mood’ but ‘Not Out of Danger,’ His Doctors Say

As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical but not immediately life-threatening.

The New York Times - 6d

This is a hard choice. We believe in foreign aid – but we have to make cuts. We must keep the UK safe | David Lammy

Putin’s Russia is a threat to all Europe, including the UK. Vital aid work will be hit as we spend more on defence, but we must deal with the world as it is. There are moments in history when ...

The Guardian - 2d

Disease outbreaks and starvation set to grow after USAID cuts

Millions of people around the world are today feeling the repercussions of President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze international aid for 90 days and shut down the U.S.

NBC News - 3d

Starmer faces darkening mood among Labour MPs after aid cuts

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