Stop the merger between the FCO and DfID.

Rejected 11 signatures

What the petition asks

Parliament must hold this government to account over this ill-informed decision to jeopardise the UK’s world-leading humanitarian work. The merger must be reversed and the government should take additional steps to ensure development aims are further enshrined in the government's agenda.

At a time when Covid-19 threatens to push 71,000,000 people into extreme poverty this government has abandoned its commitment to help the world’s poorest. This merger will undermine years of hard -won gains in child survival, equality, female empowerment, literacy and poverty across the world. By returning us to the dark days of tied aid, there will be a completely avoidable rise in death and suffering across the developing world. This is a humanitarian crisis in the making and must be stopped.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Reverse the decision to merge DFID with the FCO

Timeline

23 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
21 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 11

Status Rejected

Rejected 21 Jul 2020

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