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Evening Standard
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Politics
Abbie Llewelyn

Tory plans to further cut foreign aid would be ‘epic act of self-harm’ – expert

Shadow chancellor Mel Stride (PA) - (PA Wire)

Conservative Party plans to further cut foreign aid if they win the next general election would be an “epic act of self-harm”, a leading UK expert has said.

Romilly Greenhill, chief executive of Bond, the UK network of development organisations, said she is “deeply concerned” to hear shadow chancellor Mel Stride is set to announce plans to make more cuts to the aid budget.

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