The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, has “taken from the mouths of the hungriest people in the world” by cutting aid spending, campaigners have warned.
The announcement that UK Official Development Assistance would be cut to 0.3% of gross national income (GNI) in order to fund an increase in defence spending was called cruel and shameful. Experts working in the aid sector said they feared a disproportionate impact on women and girls, and on sexual and reproductive rights globally.
