Foreign aid: Chancellor accused of stealth raid by charities
Development charities fear “accounting tricks” will be used to cut the amount spent directly on aid. …
“The chancellor looks set to count the sharing of surplus vaccine doses, a new injection of cost-free foreign exchange reserves and the cancellation of debts that haven’t been repaid for decades as part of the aid budget. If these areas are included under the new 0.5% pledge, it will further squeeze funding to tackle poverty, conflict and climate, hurting people both in the UK and around the world.
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