ActionAid and Latitude Festival announce comedy gig
15 December 2020
Stand Up with Women: Latitude Festival and ActionAid announce comedy gig to beat January blues in support of women and girls leading change.
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News releases from 2020
All the latest breaking news, press releases and comment from ActionAid UK's media team.
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Aid cuts will be felt hugely by world's poorest
25 November 2020
Commenting in response to news that the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has announced he will intentionally cut around £4 billion from the UK aid budget next year as part of the Spending Review, ActionAid UK's CEO Girish Menon said:
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Concern over reports government could slash aid
18 November 2020
Girish Menon, CEO at ActionAid UK responds to reports that the Government could cut the aid budget from 0.7% of gross national income to 0.5% in 2021.
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Typhoon Vamco slams areas already hit by Typhoon Goni
13 November 2020
Just a week and a half after deadly super storm Goni hit the Philippines, Typhoon Vamco is tearing through the same communities causing further destruction of homes and livelihoods.
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One Nation report welcome, but poverty is priority
13 November 2020
Our response to the Global Britain and Development report by the One Nation Caucus of Conservative MPs.
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BFI hosts panel on new horror film with ActionAid
12 November 2020
British director Remi Weekes, BAFTA award winning actor Wunmi Mosaku and Country Director for international charity ActionAid in Bangladesh Farah Kabir discuss Remi’s haunting debut film ‘His House’
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ActionAid's Farah Nazeer responds to the US elections
11 November 2020
Farah Nazeer responds to the US elections: "Billions of people in the Global South, who are the least to blame for this crisis, are already losing their lives and livelihoods."
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Indigenous, rural women lead Typhoon Goni response
11 November 2020
ActionAid’s partners in the Philippines are supporting local communities after Super Typhoon Goni hit Bicol and Mindoro island causing flooding and landslides.
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US Election – ActionAid statement
6 November 2020
Lila Caballero, Head of Research and Programme Policy, at ActionAid UK, responds to the 2020 US elections as results are still waiting to be declared.
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Typhoon Molave hits Vietnam after a month of flooding
30 October 2020
One of the most powerful storms to hit Vietnam in two decades, Typhoon Molave, has battered the coastline and caused heavy rains, serious flooding, and destroyed the homes of millions of people in the south central region.
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