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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin

‘Savage’ UK cuts will deprive 55m people of aid around the world

“Savage” cuts to UK foreign aid will leave 55.5 million of the world’s poorest people without access to basic resources, The Independent can reveal.

Analysis by Save the Children, shared exclusively with this publication, lays bare the true impact of repeated cuts to the budget, the latest of which will see spending fall to just 0.3 per cent of gross national income (GNI) – the lowest level in 25 years.

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