last week, british viewers would say we couldn t afford to put £10 billion into schools to help our students get up to speed. so should we be spending that sort of money on people overseas? well, yesterday, i heard i boris johnson talking very positively about our economy and about the economy - bouncing back. and the aid cuts have come at a time when others - are facing a double whammy of covid and climate. - so now is not the time for us to be turning our backs - on our global neighbours. there is also £450 million of new money, we are told, that s going towards children s education. is that outside the 0.5 that the international aid budget now is? well, it s new money , but let s put that in - the context of the cut, j which is the equivalent of about £5 billion. so it might be a little .
bit of new money here, but then you ve got a huge amount of aid cuts. - so it s a drop in the ocean and really doesn t mean anything. | ruth valerio there from tearfund. the leaders have been on the beach tonight for a barbecue and an informal get together. around open campfires, they ve had crab claws, lobster, scallops, also marshmallows and brandy butter, and they ve been serenaded on the beach, as well. also over here in falmouth, chamber of commerce of cornwall, we ve had our own sea platter, and we were also treated bythe bryher s boys, a falmouth band, to a sea shanty. # for leaders to meet wouldn t do them any harm # for leaders to talk wouldn t do them any harm # and we ll all hang on behind # and so g7 leaders agree a plan today # you re not in cornwalljust for a holiday # all of our grandkids will thank you all one day # and we ll all hang on behind
thinks of the 11 billion doses that the who thinks we of the 11 billion doses that the who thinks we need to vaccinate 70% of the population before next year s summit~ the population before next year s summit~ i the population before next year s summit. i wonder whether you think that the summit. i wonder whether you think that the uk s aid cuts left you without that the uk s aid cuts left you without the moral authority to bring other without the moral authority to bring other countries on board this weekend other countries on board this weekend- other countries on board this weekend. ., ,, , ., , . weekend. thank you very much, heather. weekend. thank you very much, heathen on weekend. thank you very much, heather. on the weekend. thank you very much, heather. on the first weekend. thank you very much, heather. on the first point - weekend. thank you very much, | heather. on the first point about heather. 0n the first point about the 100 billion. you know, i m no
A $600 million pledge to funding education, particularly girls, was made in the G7 summit but many other areas proposed by the G7 Gender Equality Advisory Council have yet to be adopted.
there is also £450 million of new money, we are told, that s going towards children s education. is that outside the 0.5 that the internationall aid budget now is? well, it s new money , but let s put that in - the context of the cutl which is the equivalent of about £5 billion. so it might be a little . bit of new money here, but then you ve got a huge amount of aid cuts. - so it s a drop in the ocean and really doesn t mean anything. | let s talk about climate change, because of course, this does affect the poorest communities there are 47 of the poorest nations around the world who were promised £100 billion, ithink, at the paris climate agreement. earlier. laughter. a lot earlier! and still, we re trying to get up to that mark which is where the cynicism comes from in something like this. yeah, that s right. the finance ministers- last week recommitted to delivering that £100 billion.