All the latest breaking news, press releases and comment from ActionAid UK's media team.
17 April 2026
An ActionAid spokesperson said:
“Today’s announcement of a ten-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon may bring a moment of desperately needed relief. But Lebanon should have never been excluded from initial ceasefire arrangements to begin with.
9 April 2026
Gaza needs a real ceasefire that truly protects people and ensures humanitarian support reaches those who need it, says ActionAid Palestine's country director
Continue reading2 April 2026
The following statement is issued by humanitarian and human rights organisations in response to the Israeli Knesset’s approval of legislation expanding the use of the death penalty.
Continue reading2 April 2026
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A new survey by ActionAid UK has revealed the scale of period poverty across the UK today - with fears a renewed cost of living crisis could make the situation even worse
Continue reading1 April 2026
ActionAid warns that the State of Israel is repeating the same pattern across borders: causing forced displacement, destroying homes and vital infrastructure, killing unarmed women, children and men, and isolating communities from one another.
Continue reading19 March 2026
Hannah Bond and Taahra Ghazi, co-CEOs of ActionAid UK, said: “Today the true impact of the government’s reckless decision to slash its Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget has become painfully clear.
Continue reading18 March 2026
Continue reading11 March 2026
ActionAid is calling for urgent diplomatic action to halt the violence, and for sustained humanitarian support to ensure that communities already facing crisis are not pushed further into poverty and instability by the wider economic fallout of the war
Continue reading5 March 2026
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