Rejected petition Prevent the UK government cutting foreign aid to Yemen by 50% from £164m to £87m

The UK has decided to reduce Yemeni foreign aid from £164million to £87million in order to ‘balance the books’ following Covid-19. Given the UN has declared this the worst humanitarian crisis of our time, we should cancel this reduction of aid and find alternative ways to balance the budget.

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Yemen is in crisis: the UK wants to ‘balance the books on the backs of the starving people of Yemen’.

This is an act that will see tens of thousands die in a war committed by the Saudi regime, assisted by the UK’s arms trade. When the UK’s resumed weapon sales last summer, the UK sold £1.4 billion in weapons to Saudi Arabia between July-Sept 2020; these weapons included missiles and bombs.

We must continue to provide sufficient aid to Yemen or the blood of Yemeni people is on our hands.

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You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/577527

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Date submitted 13 March 2021
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