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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Heather Stewart Economics editor

UK’s aid cuts ‘will hit children’s education and raise risk of death’

Women and their children wait to receive food from aid workers in Kibati in the DRC in December 2022.
Women and their children wait to receive food from aid workers in Kibati in the DRC in December 2022. Photograph: Guerchom Ndebo/AFP/Getty Images

Labour’s deep aid cuts will hit children’s education and increase the risk of disease and death in some African countries, according to the government’s own impact assessment.

Keir Starmer announced earlier this year that he would reduce the aid budget to 0.3% of national income, from 0.5%, to fund increased spending on defence.

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