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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Nina Lloyd

Government’s aid cuts will threaten UK national security, say MPs

The Foreign Office must make ‘urgent improvements’, the International Development Committee said (PA) - (PA Archive)

Sir Keir Starmer’s plans to increase defence spending by cutting overseas aid will undermine Britain’s national security, a parliamentary committee has said.

MPs raised concerns in a new report that slashing the development budget will “continue to lead to unrest and further crises in the future” and will have “devastating consequences” across the world.

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