International development committee warns of the potential damage cuts may cause in letter to the PM

A cross-party group of MPs has written to Keir Starmer expressing “deep concern” about cuts to the UK’s aid budget, as ministers brace for a potentially stormy debate on Foreign Office spending on Wednesday.

The international development committee warned of the damage the cuts may cause in a letter to the prime minister written by its Labour chair, Sarah Champion. The move will undermine the UK’s soft power and have “dire consequences” for the world’s poorest, it claims.