US EditionWhy Keir Starmer didn't have to make devastating cut to overseas aid
- The UK Government decided to cut international aid from 0.5% to 0.3% of national income, leading to a reduction of £6 billion spent each year.
- Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow of Mary's Meals criticized the decision to cut international aid at a critical time, highlighting the impact on 2.4 million pupils.
- Labour MP Sarah Champion expressed concern that these cuts risk undermining years of progress in areas such as healthcare, education, clean water, and sustainable development.
- The Prime Minister acknowledged the aid cuts as a painful decision but justified it by emphasizing the need to ensure the UK's safety in a changing global security landscape.
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Labour MP says Starmer ‘taking the axe’ to UK’s aid budget to fund defence
Labour MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion also said a ‘scandalously large amount of ODA’ had been spent ‘on domestic refugee costs’. Sir Keir Starmer is “taking the axe” to the UKs “most effective tool for reducing global conflicts” by cutting the international aid budget, ministers have been warned. Labour MP Sarah Champion, who chairs the international development committee urged the Government to reconsider cuts to official development assistanc…
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