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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

David Cameron ‘wants to unlock billions of dollars for foreign aid’

David Cameron
The former prime minister is to say he wants to push for the restoration of the status of aid in British foreign policy. Photograph: Amer Ghazzal/Shutterstock

David Cameron is marking his return to frontline politics by saying he wants to unlock billions of dollars for foreign aid over the next decade, as part of a “moral mission” to help the world’s poorest people.

In a remarkable change of tone for a government that closed the Department for International Development and slashed the foreign aid budget, the former prime minister is to say he wants to push for the restoration of aid’s status in British foreign policy.

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