Unrwa Cutting support has left hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in peril - Nandy

Lisa Nandy, the UK's shadow minister for international development, has called for support for the UN relief agency, Unrwa, warning "time has run out for hundreds of thousands" of Palestinians in Gaza.

- Julian Borger

Nandy is in Washington this week attending the spring meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund with a message of how Britain's humanitarian and development policy will change if Labour, as expected, form the next government by the end of this year.

However, she accepted that she would have to address widespread perceptions across the global south of Britain's unreliability as a partner and its double standards on the world stage, an image exacerbated by the Gaza war and the consequent famine rolling over the Gaza Strip.

"We are getting a very strong message that people feel there are different rules for different countries, which is problematic and something that we'll have to deal with if we're fortunate enough to be in government," Nandy said.

She vowed more consistent support for the international criminal court (ICC) and the international court of justice (ICJ) and said Israel should be held accountable before both over the war in Gaza.