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"The FCDO is currently undergoing a major overhaul as a result of controversial plans to cut the UK overseas aid budget from 0.5 to 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI), with the government's own impact assessment warning that the cuts will result in deaths around the world. Now, in a report on the future of UK aid contributed to by The Independent, the International Development Committee has urged the government to pause the cuts until a review is undertaken to make sure that future UK aid and development assistance is targeted as effectively as possible."
Plans to cut the UK's overseas aid budget from 0.5% to 0.3% of Gross National Income coincide with a major overhaul of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. The government's impact assessment warns the cuts could lead to deaths worldwide. Parliament's International Development Select Committee finds the scale and speed of the changes dangerously deep and urges a pause until a review can ensure aid is targeted effectively. Successive reductions to Official Development Assistance raise urgent questions about support for the world's poorest countries. Donations and funding are framed as necessary to sustain journalists on the ground covering related issues.
Read at www.independent.co.uk
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