UK law still requires the Government to spend 0.7% of the national income on aid.

MPs will decide on that, and so the level of the UK's aid budget.

Our new analysis of the planned cut; and 5 issues they may have missed:

1) It will at least undermine, and effectively break, the UK's Paris climate finance pledge

Because climate finance has to be new and additional, and the cut will mean it isn't.

2) The pace of cuts creates major VfM risks

The NAO (and the aid watchdog) will be able to assess in time for the next election

3) Bi-lateral aid will likely need to be HALVED

Due to existing commitments like refugee spend, EU commitments, and climate.

4) Brexit has already cut UK overseas spending

Equivalent to £6bn, over a third of the current aid budget - this non-aid EU spend will fall to near-zero in 2025

5) Other G7 nations are finally following the UK's lead

France and Germany will go beyond 0.5 this year; and as G7 chair, the UK could ask them to do more, rather than cut

Full blog here:

https://www.cgdev.org/blog/five-points-mps-uks-planned-aid-cut-and-alternative-proposal-government

And full analysis here: https://www.cgdev.org/publication/overview-impact-proposed-cuts-uk-aid