Conservatives go against 2019 manifesto pledge to keep foreign aid at 0.7% of gross national income

Jeremy Hunt delivers his Autumn Statement to Parliament

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Jeremy Hunt has gone back on the Conservative Party’s 2019 manifesto promise to keep foreign aid spending at 0.7 per cent of the UK’s gross national income.

The chancellor announced as part of Thursday’s Autumn Statement that the spend will stay at 0.5 per cent until April 2028.