Britain’s overseas aid budget will not rise again until borrowing is brought under control after Tory rebels failed in their attempt to force ministers to bring back the 0.7 per cent target next year. The government won a vote in the Commons by 333 to 298 to indefinitely delay reversing the £4 billion international development cuts despite opposition from Tory rebels including Theresa May. SponsoredIn an emotional speech before the vote, the former prime minister said that the decision would mean “fewer girls will be educated, more children will go hungry and more of the poorest people in the world will die”. “I have been in this house for nearly a quarter of a century,” she told MPs. “During that time I have never voted

Source: The Times July 13, 2021 15:25 UTC