The Liberal Democrat International Development Spokesperson defends the 0.7% aid budget, which came in during the Coalition government as a Private Members’ Bill and which has been criticised recently by both Conservative politicians and think tanks.

Jeremy Corbyn walked out of cross-party talks on Brexit with Theresa May because Chuka Umunna was invited.

Ministers have been accused of failing to acknowledge a "historic debt" to black soldiers who served in World War Two amid claims they were paid significantly less than their white comrades.

Food and clothing imported by Western countries are making it harder for many poor and marginalised communities to get a daily clean water supply, a new report from WaterAid warns.

Theresa May has urged social media sites to remove all footage and "propaganda" connected to the gunman who carried out the Christchurch terror attack.

Donald Trump has said Theresa May’s failure to strike a deal with the European Union that could be supported by MPs was down to her failing to heed his advice.

Jeremy Hunt has granted diplomatic protection to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in a bid to up the pressure on the Iranian government to release her.

Responding to the announcement of new UK Aid support for organisations working to stamp out period poverty around the world, WaterAid Global Director of Campaigns Savio Carvalho said:

Conservative MP Bob Blackman writes about the Iranian people’s ongoing struggle for freedom and democracy following two major recent conferences in Warsaw and Munich.

Labour MP Tan Dhesi writes ahead of his Westminster Hall debate on the future of the Department for International Development and states: "If we are going to proclaim to the world that we are a charitable nation, upholding high moral and ethical standards, we cannot then tie charity to trade".

Hezbollah's political wing is among three Islamist groups to be proscribed in Britain as terror organisations, Sajid Javid has announced.

Former home secretary Ken Clarke has launched a full-blooded attack on Sajid Javid's "populist" decision to revoke the citizenship of Isis teen Shamima Begum.

Philip Hammond will not visit China in the coming days amid reports that Beijing pulled out after Gavin Williamson threatened to deploy a warship in the Pacific.

Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for International Development writes to defend the 0.7% of GNI target enshrined into law during the Coalition government, and says she “will speak out against Conservative on-the-sly efforts to dismantle DFID or change the nature of our aid”.

Britain will provide £6.5m in new aid funding to help Venezuelans hit by food, medicine and water shortages, as their country's crisis continues, ministers have revealed.

Theresa May's commitment to protecting press freedoms abroad has been thrown into doubt after it emerged the Government is continuing to sell spyware to repressive regimes.

Venezuelan president Nicolas Naduro has "betrayed every socialist ideal" by overseeing the economic collapse of the crisis-torn country, according to Emily Thornberry.

Is this really a country that has to be monitored by the West almost every day? The President of the APPG for Sri Lanka thinks not.

Britain has officially recognised the Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as president of the crisis-hit country after incumbent Nicolás Maduro refused to call an election by a deadline of last night.

Downing Street has criticised European Union officials for referring to Gibraltar as a "colony" in new documents outlining visa-free travel arrangements after Brexit.

The Department for International Development should focus more on drumming up private charity donations than spending taxpayers' money, Penny Mordaunt has told the Cabinet.

Our Government, along with those of other democratic countries, has a duty to the Venezuelan people in their struggle for a future that is free and without fear, says Graham Jones MP.

A Labour peer has hit out after her name was included in a letter warning against “far-right” US interference in Venezuela.

The promises behind the Brexit campaign were “rubbish” and the outcome has torn Britain apart, Emmanuel Macron has declared in a warning to frustrated French voters.