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13 Jun 2025
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An eye-catching stat from @icai_uk:
By 2027/28, UK aid spending excluding domestic support for asylum seekers (i.e. ‘traditional’ aid spending on stuff like famine relief) will be at its joint-lowest level in 50 years -- lower than in every year of the Thatcher government.
Tomorrow at 10.00am we will question the Secretary of State @DavidLammy, on the future of UK aid amid sharp cuts to the foreign aid budget.
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Today's report by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (@icai_uk) finds UK asylum costs will take up 20% of the diminished aid budget.
Aid was slashed from 0.5% of national income to 0.3%. After domestic refugee costs, just 0.24% of GNI will be left for global development