Widespread alarm at Keir Starmer’s decision to slash funds, amid warnings of dire consequences for world’s poorest
2 Mar 2025 — Keir Starmer promised at the UN last September that the UK would “be a leading contributor to development”. Just five months later few expected an announcement that could result in UK aid spending falling to its lowest level this century.
Overseas development aid will fall from 0.5% of the UK’s gross national income to 0.3% – a cut of about £6bn – in order to pay for increased defence spending.
The cut will have dire consequences, according to the groups delivering much of that aid. Describing it as a betrayal of poorer countries, Dr Alvaro Bermejo, director general of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, says: “This will cost lives.”
Anneliese Dodds, the international development minister, resigned over the decision on Friday.
Read the full report at The Guardian.
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