New Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has been urged urged to reverse the "huge and cruel" 60% cut or resign from her joint role as minister for Women and EqualitiesLiz Truss signs off £183m cuts to women and equalities aid in first week in new jobLIZ Truss signed off £183 million worth of cuts to women and equalities aid in her first week as Foreign Secretary, the Sunday Mirror can reveal. Ms Truss has been urged to reverse the "huge and cruel" 60% cut or resign from her joint role as minister for Women and Equalities. ODA spending has been managed by the Foreign Secretary since the Department for International Development (DFID) was scrapped and folded into the Foreign Office last year. Earlier this year, Ms Truss presided over the G7's Gender Equality Advisory Council as its ministerial lead. “Truss should follow her own Council’s advice and cancel the gender and equality aid cut - and indeed, restore the 0.7% of GNI target.

Source: Daily Mirror October 02, 2021 19:52 UTC