Britain has so far pledged just 5 per cent of the aid it spent tackling the last massive Ebola outbreak on containment efforts for the latest fast-growing crisis.
The UK has pledged £21 million to the current outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – which has also spread to Uganda – compared to £427 million in 2014-15 responding to the West Africa outbreak. It comes as the UK is cutting billions of pounds from aid spending as the budget falls from 0.5 per cent to 0.3 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI),to fund increased defence spending.
