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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Hamish Morrison

Pause on international aid payments 'will cost lives', Tories warned

Boris Johnson oversaw a cut to foreign aid as Prime Minister, which experts warned would cost lives

THE UK Government has paused international aid payments other than in exceptional circumstances, it is understood, in a move experts say is likely to cost lives.

The Foreign Office has said it is “prioritising essential overseas aid funding” in light of a report in Bloomberg which claims all spending on projects not deemed critical to life or where a pause in payments would lead to higher costs later has been stopped.

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