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In response to the release of the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) provisional statistics report on how UK aid was spent in 2024, Oxfam head of policy Helen Stawski said:
“Today’s figures highlight how much Britain has already diminished its international development efforts - even prior to the recent brutal cuts to the UK aid budget - with 20 per cent raided by the Home Office and spent here in the UK on refugee costs.
“If the Government continues to spend this volume of aid in the UK, once the aid budget has been slashed further, there will be little left to spend on what it’s intended for – communities around the world facing increasing conflict, poverty and climate disasters.
“This will mean more children without enough to eat, more women dying in childbirth, more people facing poverty and more lives lost.
“Instead of cutting crucial lifelines when they are needed most, the Government must urgently reverse the cuts and start taxing the super-rich to help pay for the fight against poverty and inequality."