Slashing humanitarian aid for Yemen will 'condemn' children to starvation, a minister has said. Credit: AP
The UK has been accused of abandoning its "moral obligations" which will "condemn thousands of children to starvation" after slashing its aid pledge to war-torn Yemen for a second time.
Government ministers have pledged £87 million in aid response to the country which has seen 4 million people displaced and thousands of children killed by famine and disease.
The aid ring-fenced is less than half the £200 million originally pledged in 2019 which was slashed to £160 million in 2019.
Former Conservative international development secretary Andrew Mitchell said the reduced aid was an "unimaginable" move that would "condemn hundreds of thousands of children to starvation".