UK aid cuts ‘reduce bilateral support to some African countries by 90%’

Emergency shelter provided by the UK in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai in 2019. Bilateral support will drop 90% by 2019 as a result of foreign aid cuts. Photograph: Rein Skullerud/WFP/Rein Skullerud

Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African countries, Foreign Office figures show.

The department’s annual report includes a long-awaited breakdown of how the reduction in the aid budget will affect individual countries for the next three years.