Simon Starling is the director of policy, advocacy, and research at Bond. He was previously head of policy and U.K. campaigns at Concern, where he led a team of advocates and campaigners influencing the U.K. government and the public on international development issues including hunger, nutrition, resilience, and humanitarian crises.
As the scale of the United Kingdom's aid cuts is increasingly revealed, it is going to be impossible for the country to claim any leadership on international development.
