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Carey Mulligan criticises ‘devastating’ UK government delay to charity aid
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.
Political Editor Nick Watt reports and Emily Maitlis is joined by Carey Mulligan.
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