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Jacob Rees-Mogg under fire for dismissing Unicef’s UK grants as stunt

Commons leader criticised over comments about £25,000 pledge in south London

The Tory minister Jacob Rees-Mogg has come under fire for accusing Unicef of a “political stunt” after the UN agency stepped in to help feed deprived children in the UK during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Commons leader hit out at Unicef, which is responsible for providing humanitarian aid to children worldwide, after it launched its first domestic emergency response in the UK in its more than 70-year history.

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