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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Christopher McKeon

Cooper to set out aid spending as Labour backbenchers call for rethink

Yvette Cooper will set out how Britain will spend its much reduced aid budget over the next three years on Thursday (Stefan Rousseau/PA) - (PA Wire)

Labour backbenchers have urged the Government to change course on overseas aid as the Foreign Secretary prepares to set out her plans for the development budget.

Yvette Cooper will address MPs on Thursday to provide details on how she will divide up an aid budget that was slashed last year to pay for increased defence spending.

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