All the latest breaking news, press releases and comment from ActionAid UK's media team.
13 November 2026
"Olive farmers are experiencing the most challenging harvest season ever, from appalling levels of settler violence to strict and arbitrary movement restrictions which stop them from reaching their land," says Riham Jafari, advocacy and communications coordinator at ActionAid Palestine
Continue reading12 November 2026
Responding to Prime Minister Andy Burnham's speech at COP31, Amayaa Wijesinghe, Senior Resilience and Climate Adviser at ActionAid UK, said:
Continue reading10 November 2026
Amayaa Wijesinghe, Senior Resilience and Climate Adviser at ActionAid UK, said:
5 November 2026
ActionAid responds as the UK government announces a new mandatory human rights due diligence law for businesses
Continue reading29 October 2026
ActionAid is demanding an immediate end to the violence, for all movement restrictions to be lifted and for all Palestinians to be able to return to their homes.
Continue reading28 October 2026
Banks tax raise is welcome but a 'polluter pays' tax would have raised more funds to improve people's lives, says ActionAid UK.
Continue reading8 October 2026
One year since the ceasefire agreement, more than 1,400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in
Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, not a single hospital is fully functioning, and 1.4 million face
crisis-level hunger.
2 October 2026
ActionAid and its local partner organisations are demanding a real ceasefire in Gaza that truly protects Palestinians, an end to Israel’s illegal occupation and an end to all restrictions on aid entering the territory
Continue reading16 September 2026
“Everything we worked so hard for is gone”: Nepal flood survivor fears for children's future after losing husband and home
Continue reading8 September 2026
ActionAid UK responds as the UK government announces a ban on trade with illegal Israeli settlements.