With war raging between the world’s largest wheat producers, the government’s choice to cut the international aid budget from 0.7 to 0.5 percent of GDP spells a dark period for the world’s most vulnerable.
The decision from the Green Party comes in the run up to the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, where finance from richer countries to lower-income countries will be a discussed by world leaders.
‘As a country that wants to stand proud at home and abroad, we have a moral obligation to the world’s poorest.’
‘We desperately need a clear commitment to international development with well targeted aid that listens to the Global South.’
One minister promised his ‘good pal’ the Chancellor wouldn’t be cutting the aid budget only in September…
Though not perfect, Osamor started Labour on a path to a genuinely democratic, progressive international aid policy. Here’s what her successor must build on.
The world’s richest man has a solution to Africa’s hunger problem – and it’s not a good one
The case for progressive internationalism is as strong as ever, but for us to have purchase on the issue of global poverty, Britain needs a presence in these countries beyond our Embassies or High Commissions.
Supporters of international development should watch this week’s budget announcement very carefully. As is so often the case, what is missing from the chancellor’s announcement could tell us as much as what is included about where the Coalition’s priorities lie.
David Cameron told reporters this week that he would be open to the idea of aid money being spent on military peacekeeping operations. The prime minister won’t be able to fill gaps in the defence budget with aid money, however, because the law won’t allow it.
