Boris at the UN

At the UN General Assembly, the Prime Minister has announced new funding to give millions of girls around the world the chance to go to school and get a quality education.

 

·         The Prime Minister will announce £515 million to help get over 12 million children – half of them girls – into school; this will boost economic growth and improve women’s rights in some of the poorest countries in the world.

 

·         Supporting the empowerment of girls and women is a priority for the Prime Minister, who used his first speech on the steps of Downing Street to underline the pledge he made as Foreign Secretary that all girls should receive 12 years of quality education.

 

Also at UNGA, the International Development Secretary announced new aid to support vulnerable Venezuelans suffering in the wake of their country’s economic collapse.

 

·         We are providing an extra £30 million to help aid organisations in Venezuela deliver life-saving medicine and clean water to those suffering from the dire humanitarian crisis, bringing our total support to £44.5 million.

 

·         The people of Venezuela are needlessly suffering as a direct result of President Maduro’s refusal to accept the scale of his country’s worsening humanitarian crisis – a regime which Jeremy Corbyn has praised.

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