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.

This petition was rejected on 16th Mar 2021 as it duplicates an existing petition

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

Reticulating Splines

You may be interested in these active petitions

1. Introduce Licensing and Regulation for Dog and Cat Rescues to Protect Welfare - 56,806 signatures
2. Create a trauma-informed task force to develop a strategy to address trauma - 2,433 signatures
3. Require candidates for MP to be registered to vote and residents of the UK - 2,888 signatures
4. Add hedgehogs to schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 - 12,237 signatures
5. Provide funding to help the television industry and support TV freelancers - 2,844 signatures
Official Petition Site

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.