A group of MPs urged Keir Starmer to reconsider cuts to the UK's international aid budget, citing potential harm to the world's poorest and the UK's soft power. The international development committee, via Labour chair Sarah Champion, highlighted that the cut from 0.5% to 0.3% of GDP could have severe consequences, obstructing progress in critical areas like education and healthcare. Starmer's budget change aims to offset increased defence spending but critics argue this approach endangers both national and global security.
Cutting ODA further to fund increased defence spending is a false economy that makes us less safe.
This brutal further cut to ODA risks undermining our soft power, as well as years of progress in areas such as healthcare, education, and sustainable development.
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