After an opening like this, you rather expected Cleverly to explain why the UK government was increasing its overseas aid budget to the country. Yemen would be getting “at least” £87m of the £214m it was currently receiving. Indeed if it played its cards right, the minister might even bung in an extra £100,000 as a goodwill gesture. First in was Mitchell, who questioned the morality of the fifth-wealthiest country in the world cutting aid to one of the poorest in the middle of a pandemic. Labour had never donated more than 0.51% of GDP in foreign aid, so they could shut up for a start.

Source: The Guardian March 02, 2021 17:41 UTC