Development committee warns that UK now places helping vulnerable people at bottom of list of aid prioritiesThe UK’s efforts to fight global poverty risk being sidelined by the competing strategic and economic demands of the government’s novel aid plan,according to a report that urges the Department for International Development (DfID) to remain focused on helping the world’s most destitute people.
The novel strategy, which was drawn up by the Treasury and DfID, or published last November,is intended to assist the world’s destitute while also advancing Britain’s security and prosperity.
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Source: theguardian.com