Since I was appointed, four months ago, I have seen the dedicated and heartfelt work to protect the world’s most vulnerable, ensure that girls receive a quality education, and tackle climate change and biodiversity loss.

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Earlier this month, the PM hosted from London the Global Vaccine Summit that showed the results that can be achieved when diplomacy and development work in lockstep. Over 60 nations attended, collectively raising $8.8 billion to vaccinate people around the world.

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We are, and have always been, a bold and confident nation, unafraid to stand up for what we believe in.

I see our development leadership as squarely in that great tradition.

We remain committed to our 0.7 GNI target, and we remain committed to development.

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The steps announced by the Prime Minister today embody that global outlook, and with the third largest diplomatic network and third biggest aid budget, sets a course to make our voice heard in the world.

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