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# Leading HIV organisations urge government to increase funding
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/leading-hiv-organisations-urge-government-to-increase-funding/
- Published: 2021-10-27T09:47:14.000Z
- Updated: 2021-10-27T09:53:21.000Z
- Description: 35 of the UK’s leading HIV organisations have urged the government to increase HIV funding and achieve zero new cases by 2030.
- Author: Rachel Badham
- Tags: Health, HIV, News, Politics, It's A Sin, LGBTQ, Olly Alexander, Rishi Sunak, STOPAIDS, Terrance Higgins Trust

35 of the UK’s leading HIV organisations have joined forces with the cast of *It’s A Sin* in an open statement that urges the government to increase HIV funding and achieve zero new cases by 2030\. Published on the[ HIV Commission](https://www.hivcommission.org.uk/action/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) website, the organisations have jointly requested that chancellor Rishi Sunak boosts HIV funding, saying: *“Without proper investment and an ambitious plan, we risk missing this once-in-a-generation opportunity to end the UK’s HIV epidemic.”*

The Terrance Higgins Trust also [released a video](https://twitter.com/THTorguk/status/1452976774816669698?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1452976774816669698%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1%5F&ref%5Furl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinknews.co.uk%2F2021%2F10%2F26%2Folly-alexander-rishi-sunak-budget-hiv%2F&ref=scenemag.co.uk) to coincide with the statement, in which *It’s A Sin* star Olly Alexander said it is vital the government does *“not miss this opportunity”* to allocate more funding to ending HIV transmissions when the UK’s autumn budget is announced later today. Fellow *It’s A Sin* star, Callum Scott Howells, implored healthcare officials to *“expand HIV texting, free at-home testing all year round and tests in hospitals and GPs.”*

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/rishi-sunak-chancellor_600-400.jpg)

Rishi Sunak is due to announce the government’s autumn budget today

Earlier this year, a [report](https://www.gscene.com/news/health/hiv/report-warns-of-tory-cuts-to-hiv-and-aids-resources/?ref=scenemag.co.uk) by STOPAIDS, Frontline AIDS and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Global LGBT+ Rights (APPG), warned that any more government cuts to HIV/AIDS funding could be *“setting the stage for a resurgence of the* \[HIV\] *pandemic”.* Baroness Barker, vice-chair of the APPG on HIV, added: *“Britain is and can be so much better than this. I urge the government to think again. We must save lives and get the HIV response back on track.”*