Government must reassure Foreign Office staff after aid cuts, says SNP MP

An SNP MP has called on the UK Government to give ‘urgent reassurance’ to 1,500 FCDO staff in East Kilbride, following the announcement of cuts to the foreign aid budget (Lucy North/PA) - (PA Archive)

An SNP MP has called on the UK Government to give “urgent reassurance” that jobs will be protected at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) in East Kilbride following the announcement of cuts to aid spending.

SNP business, trade and development spokesperson Chris Law spoke on Friday following Anneliese Dodds’s resignation as international development minister over the decision to cut overseas aid to fund a boost to defence spending.