UK criticised for failing to boost contribution to Global Fund

Liz Truss's administration becomes only major world power not to raise its spending at UN pledging event

The British government has been accused of abandoning people in the global south after it failed to commit to boosting its spending on a fund established to fight three of the world's deadliest diseases: malaria, tuberculosis and Aids.

Liz Truss's new administration became the only major world power not to raise its spending at a UN pledging event for the Global Fund, a highly successful 20-year-old initiative, shocking global health campaigners. The long-planned pledging conference was left $3.76bn (3.32bn) short of its target of $18bn.