Treasury condemned for halting all ‘non-essential’ overseas aid spending because of cuts
‘Lives literally appear to be dependent on the Conservative party leadership elections’, Labour alleges
All but “essential” UK overseas aid spending has been halted in an unprecedented Treasury move which a senior Conservative MP is warning will “cost lives”.
Aid organisations and politicians have condemned the crackdown – sparked by the cut to allocating only 0.5 per cent of GDP and the growing cost of relief work in Ukraine.
Departments have been told to suspend “non-essential aid spending” until Boris Johnson’s replacement as prime minister is in post, because the lower cap is about to be breached
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