Achim Steiner calls for ministers to discuss reversals to overseas aid squeeze imposed by Rishi Sunak. The UK chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has not set a date for restoring the 0. Steiner said he did not want to lecture the UK β but urged the government to discuss the way forward.
Reeves has repeatedly stressing the importance of balancing the books, and some Labour strategists fear talking about overseas aid is unattractive to hard-pressed voters who want the government to focus on domestic concerns. The government has committed to bringing these costs down, potentially freeing more resources for development, but no specific target has been set. Steiner said he had spent much of his time at the World Economic Forum in Davos urging leaders of developed countries not to forget their poorer neighbours.
We are making choices, and we should be open about those choices. So if you increase military budgets, why are we not able to also increase our international cooperation?
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