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Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak
CHANCELLOR Rishi Sunak announced cuts to the foreign aid budget today, prompting the resignation of a Foreign Office minister.
Baroness (Liz) Sugg, whose brief included sustainable development, said pledges to maintain overseas aid should be kept in the “tough times as well as the good.”
She resigned in protest against Mr Sunak’s announcement that aid will be cut to 0.5 per cent of gross national income in 2021 — breaking promises made in the Conservative manifesto that it would not be reduced.
Only an ambitious programme of state-led investment can restore growth and improve living standards, argues MICHAEL BURKE
Government's plan means ‘extra cash for war and overseas interventions, but less for schools and hospitals,’ Unison general secretary Andrea Egan warns
Years of underfunding are eroding Scotland’s local services and deepening inequality in communities, says VINCE MILLS
