The UK government is to slash aid spending to some of the poorest countries in the world, as part of moves to reduce spending by 40 per cent.
Plans set out by the foreign secretary, Yvette Cooper, will see bilateral support for African countries fall from £1.3bn a year to £677m over the next three years – a drop of 56 per cent – while countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen and Myanmar will also face severe reductions.
