News releases from 2025

Winter storms devastate Gaza amid supply shortages

26 November 2025

New poll: Over 70% of Britons say children will pay price of climate inaction

6 November 2025

The UK public fears today’s children will pay the price of climate inaction, reveals a new poll by ActionAid UK, as Keir Starmer and other world leaders speak at COP30

HSBC’s weakened climate targets 'send a dangerous signal'

6 November 2025

By watering down its climate commitments ahead of COP30, the bank is abandoning its responsibility to people and the planet in favour of chasing profits, warns ActionAid UK

UK owes a climate debt it cannot ignore. COP30 must lead to action

6 November 2025

ActionAid UK says COP30 must lead to action as Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivers his national statement at the leaders' summit in Brazil

Aid cuts costing lives as another earthquake devastates Afghanistan

3 November 2025

Pregnant women and babies in Gaza face deadly winter without aid

24 October 2025

Aid must be permitted to flow into Gaza unimpeded in order to prevent another wave of tragedy this winter, warns ActionAid

Alarm as Israeli authorities reject NGO applications for aid to Gaza

23 October 2025

Mounting alarm as Israeli authorities reject NGO applications to transport life-saving aid into Gaza.

ActionAid reaffirms essential role of UNRWA after ICJ opinion on Gaza

22 October 2025

The International Court of Justice has made it clear: as an occupying power, Israel is legally obliged to ensure the survival and basic needs of Palestinians, not weaponise starvation against them, says ActionAid

ActionAid response to Ceasefire announcement

9 October 2025

This announcement: "Must be used as a springboard to end the Israeli genocide and unlawful occupation." 

Two years on, ActionAid’s colleagues in Gaza call for a ceasefire now

8 October 2025

Two years on, ActionAid’s colleagues and partners in Gaza demand a ceasefire now: 

“The world’s silence and inaction have been devastating”