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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Fleur Anderson

The world’s most vulnerable need help more than ever – Labour needs to restore international aid spending

Last year, aid from the world's wealthiest countries fell by more than a fifth, the steepest annual drop on record and it happened just as humanitarian need was surging to historic levels.

Across the world we see climate change fuelling droughts and extreme weather, wars forcing millions from their homes and debt and economic insecurity leaving vulnerable countries with fewer options to respond.

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