Plans to restructure the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and significantly slash the UK’s aid budget are too deep in scale and being pushed through far too quickly, parliament’s international development select committee has warned – arguing they could bring “catastrophic” consequences.
The FCDO is currently undergoing a major overhaul as a result of controversial plans to cut the UK overseas aid budget from 0.5 to 0.3 per cent of gross national income (GNI), with the government’s own impact assessment warning that the cuts will result in deaths around the world.
