Responding to the Prime Minister’s announcement that the government will cut international aid spending from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3% from 2027, Christian Aid’s Director of Policy, Public Affairs and Campaigns, Osai Ojigho, said:
“The world's most marginalised communities are facing a dramatic and deepening poverty crisis, made worse by conflict and the climate crisis. These cuts – a political decision echoing Trump’s race to the bottom on aid – are nothing short of a betrayal that will erode trust and fan the flames of global insecurity."
Osai Ojigho added: “We must reject the false choice being spun between defence spending and fulfilling our responsibilities to people in crisis. Ministers can show global leadership by taxing wealthy polluters and compelling private creditors to cancel debts to countries in crisis, but will they?”
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