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Carey Mulligan tells Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis it's "devastating" the UK government is delaying paying its promised aid funding. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog An international charity working to prevent children being trafficked from Afghanistan says a delay to promised UK government funding is "devastating". The government had agreed to pay War Child £500,000 from July this year in a much-publicised donation match scheme. But they now say they will not pay out the money until April 2022. Actress Carey Mulligan, a patron of War Child, said the "damaging decision" needed reversing - but the government said it had to take "tough" decisions. Newsnight’s Political Editor Nick Watt reports and Emily Maitlis is joined by Carey Mulligan. #Newsnight #BBCNews Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: https://ift.tt/2DCxD2z Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://ift.tt/1mVpTiP
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Carey Mulligan tells Newsnight’s Emily Maitlis it's "devastating" the UK government is delaying paying its promised aid funding. Please subscribe HERE http://bit.ly/1rbfUog An international charity working to prevent children being trafficked from Afghanistan says a delay to promised UK government funding is "devastating". The government had agreed to pay War Child £500,000 from July this year in a much-publicised donation match scheme. But they now say they will not pay out the money until April 2022. Actress Carey Mulligan, a patron of War Child, said the "damaging decision" needed reversing - but the government said it had to take "tough" decisions. Newsnight’s Political Editor Nick Watt reports and Emily Maitlis is joined by Carey Mulligan. #Newsnight #BBCNews Newsnight is the BBC's flagship news and current affairs TV programme - with analysis, debate, exclusives, and robust interviews. Website: https://ift.tt/2DCxD2z Twitter: https://twitter.com/BBCNewsnight Facebook: https://ift.tt/1mVpTiP
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