Truss Aid Plan 'Missing' UN's Poverty-Ending Goals
The Independent|May 19, 2022
The foreign secretary was told the omission is 'astonishing'
Rob Merrick
Truss Aid Plan 'Missing' UN's Poverty-Ending Goals

Flagship United Nations goals to fight extreme poverty and injustice in poor countries have been left out of a new UK overseas aid strategy, triggering fresh criticism of Liz Truss. The 2015 blueprint - committing countries to stamp out hunger, provide clean water and quality education and tackle gender inequality - is meant to be "fully embedded in planned activity of each government department".

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