UK Government Quizzed about the role of UK aid in Ethiopia – £3 billion over the past decade – and the measures it is taking to apply leverage to stop the conflict in Tigray and the exodus and shocking treatment of refugees.

UK Government Quizzed about the role of UK aid in Ethiopia – £3 billion over the past decade – and the measures it is taking to apply leverage to stop the conflict in Tigray and the exodus and shocking treatment of refugees.

Tigray conflict endangers lives and destroys development Lord Alton of Liverpool - To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that the EU is considering withholding aid from the government of Ethiopia until the impact of the conflict in...

UK Aid programmes: heart and head, generous altruism and self-interest, must go hand in hand. These are the “smart power” reasons for sustaining our development programmes. Yes, improve oversight, root out corruption and get value for money – but don’t turn the clock back.

UK Aid programmes: heart and head, generous altruism and self-interest, must go hand in hand. These are the “smart power” reasons for sustaining our development programmes. Yes, improve oversight, root out corruption and get value for money – but don’t turn the clock back.

In 1970 the United Nations passed Resolution 2626. It stated that “Each economically advanced country will progressively increase its official development assistance to the developing countries and will exert its best efforts to reach a minimum net amount of 0.7...

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For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.

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Lord Alton – Borders Bill – 26th June 2025.

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