More of UK’s aid budget spent at home than abroad – report

Under the new International Development Strategy published on Monday, setting out how the UK will use its reduced aid budget in the years ahead, the Government said it would spend more working directly with other countries and less on multinational bodies, such as the UN. (Stefan Wermuth/PA) (Picture: PA Wire)

The UK is now spending more of its international development budget at home than in poor developing countries, development experts have said.

That is because a large proportion of the pot is being spent on housing refugees, mainly from Ukraine, according to the Centre for Global Development (CGD).