‘It’s a tragedy we’ve chosen to withdraw’: Save the Children boss on Labour’s cuts to aid

Moazzam Malik says the cuts to aid have ‘real-world consequences’ for millions of people. Photograph: Jill Mead/The Guardian

Labour’s deep cuts to the UK’s aid budget will touch the lives of 60 million people, and underline the Britain’s withdrawal from the world stage, the director of Save the Children UK has warned.

Moazzam Malik, a former diplomat and civil servant, has spent the first six months in his post learning more about the plight of children in the UK and abroad.