Former Brexit secretary denounces plan and says 42% budget cut risks killing thousands of people
Photograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersPhotograph: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/ReutersProposed foreign aid cuts are immoral, unlawful and ministers tried to push them through without a vote in the Commons because they knew they would lose, the former Brexit secretary and Conservative backbench MPDavis told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme that the UK was unique among the G7 in planning the 42% cut, and said it would kill thousands of people.
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