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Jitendra Joshi

Jeremy Hunt extols benefits of UK aid but refuses to reverse cuts to budget

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday ruled out Britain’s aid budget reverting to 0.7% of national income in the next five years, but stressed the “massive difference” UK development can make worldwide.

“I don't think the fiscal position makes it possible to do that,” he told MPs on the Treasury Committee after presenting £20 billion in tax cuts in last week’s Autumn Statement.

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