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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Richard Partington in Washington

Cuts to overseas aid will worsen shocks to global economy, David Miliband says

Yezedi refugee children in Kurdistan, Iraq
Yezedi refugee children in Kurdistan, Iraq Photograph: Eric Lafforgue/Alamy

Cuts to overseas aid by countries including the US and the UK risk stoking global economic instability amid the humanitarian crisis resulting from the Iran war, David Miliband has said.

The former British foreign secretary and head of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) said the US “abandoning” of its aid programme under Donald Trump would worsen shocks to the global economy that would impact poor and wealthy countries alike.

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