Why has David Cameron's pledge to increase UK aid angered critics? Is the government's justification for spending more on aid moral or pragmatic,and what has UK aid achieved so far?
• UK aid money: The key datasets you need to knowDavid Cameron has reaffirmed the coalition government's commitment to spend 0.7% of coarse national income (GNI) on foreign aid and has called on other countries to meet this long-standing UN pledge. But the government is under pressure from its own backbenchers to reduce aid spending, which has been protected from budget cuts.
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Source: theguardian.com