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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Cuts to UK overseas aid ‘could cost lives’, Liz Truss warned

RAF aircraft delivering UK aid relief to Mozambique
An RAF aircraft delivers UK aid to Mozambique. Photograph: Cpl Tim Laurence/British Ministry of Defence/EPA

Britain’s proposed cuts to foreign aid on healthcare, conflict prevention and the climate crisis could cost lives, more than 200 NGOs warned in an open letter to the foreign secretary.

A government review of the international development strategy ordered by Liz Truss is due soon but the reported restructuring of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has raised concerns about development being abandoned.

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