Weekly round-up: Comic Relief’s grants for immigration detainees and Arts Council England

A round-up of my articles this week

A round-up of my articles this week

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Plus, Neil O’Brien has said that the Conservatives plan to make cuts to the DCMS, and that “there is plenty of scope to cut wasteful spending” in Arts Council England (ACE), which I was very glad to hear. I thought readers might like a recap on some of my past articles about ACE:

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Meet the Austrian running UN Migration in the UK

Christa Rottensteiner formerly worked for the Foreign Office, which is a huge funder of the UN
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Why was Sadiq Khan given a United Nations award for “improved urban life”?

The UN is simply marking its own homework!
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Nearly £5M of foreign aid went towards “gender and intersectionality” network that embedded CRITICAL THEORY

Another study funded by the Global Challenges Research Fund
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Weekly round-up: Foreign Aid at universities and “non-British national” homelessness

A round-up of my articles this week