ActionAid UK “profoundly disappointed” as Chancellor decides against ODA uplift
Hannah Bond, Co-CEO of ActionAid UK said: “We are profoundly disappointed that the Chancellor has chosen not to uplift the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget in the Autumn statement today. For a government that came to power pledging to reset its global relationships and place tackling climate change at the core of its foreign policy, this statement is an indication it plans to do anything but.
After the previous government took a wrecking ball to projects aimed at tackling gender inequality, Labour is following in their footsteps by further abandoning women and girls when they need it the most. We urge them to rethink this decision and consider what it signals to the rest of the international community."
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