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Morocco earthquake: Is it safe to travel at the moment?

Airports, including Marrakech, are open, with flights operating normally

The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023

PM intervention over jailed British blogger ‘meaningless’ without details

Rishi Sunak said he raised the case of Jagtar Singh Johal during his talks with India’s leader Narendra Modi at the G20 summit.

The Independent UK · Sep 10, 2023

Foreign Office apologises to academic for failing to spot torture signs

Matthew Hedges was detained in Abu Dhabi between May and November 2018, after being accused of working for MI6.

The Independent UK · Sep 4, 2023

UK spends £13m on private schooling for diplomats’ children

Foreign Office staff subsidies bill for boarding school education rises by nearly a third in a year

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2023

British academic asks Foreign Office for formal apology over failure to spot torture during his detention in UAE

Foreign Office failed to notice signs of torture and provide help to UK academic, watchdog finds

The Independent UK · Aug 4, 2023

Academic urges Foreign Office apology over failure to spot signs of torture

A watchdog concluded the UK Government failed to follow its own guidance on detecting potential torture and mistreatment of British nationals.

The Independent UK · Aug 3, 2023

Prince Andrew biographer blasts government’s ‘attempts to block’ research

‘I think it is a matter for MPs to raise in Parliament,’ said Andrew Lownie

Evening Standard · Aug 3, 2023

UK aid budget cuts are ‘death sentence’ for world’s most vulnerable children

Save the Children and Oxfam urge government to restore aid budget back to 0.7% of national income

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2023

The Guardian view on UK aid spending: slashed budgets, unethical compromises

Editorial: Rishi Sunak’s government is cutting the cash it gives to the world’s poorest, and now it admits that the results are devastating

The Guardian - UK · Aug 2, 2023

Ministers warned overseas aid cuts ‘would risk thousands of preventable deaths’

Cuts follow government’s decision to trim overseas development aid spending from 0.7% to 0.5% of Gross National Income

The Independent UK · Aug 2, 2023