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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

UK bilateral aid to start rising after ‘terrible’ cuts

People stand next to an autorickshaw on a flooded highway in Sehwan, Pakistan
People stand on a flooded highway in Sehwan, Pakistan, to which bilateral aid from the UK will rise from £41m to £133m. Photograph: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

The UK’s bilateral overseas aid budget will start to increase in 2024-25 after taking a “terrible hit” over the previous three years, Andrew Mitchell, the minister for development and Africa, has said.

The overall aid budget, covering multilateral and bilateral aid, is to rise from £7.4bn this financial year to £8.3bn next year, he said. It was £6.9bn in 2022-23.

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