Britain shows ‘true global leadership’ in keeping overseas aid promises
Published: 23 April 2009
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22 April 2009
Britain shows 'true global leadership' in keeping overseas aid promises
In today's Budget speech, Chancellor Alistair Darling said Britain's Overseas Development Assistance budget would be £7.48bn for 2009/10 and £9.14bn for 2010/11 as proposed in last year's Comprehensive Spending Review. The UK remains on track to keep its promise to devote 0.56% of national income to effective overseas aid by 2010.
ONE Executive Director Jamie Drummond said:
"The Prime Minister and the Chancellor have shown true global leadership in keeping Britain's promises to the world's poorest. Britain is setting the standard for other G8 countries at a time of global crisis when effective overseas assistance has an even more vital role to play.
"This pledge reflects the British public's firm belief that effective international aid is a smart investment in a fairer, more prosperous world."
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Notes to Editors
ONE is a campaign and advocacy organisation co-founded by Bono and backed by more than two million people around the world who are committed to the fight against extreme poverty and preventable disease, especially in Africa.
Quick Facts
The UK remains on track
to keep its promise to devote 0.56% of national income to effective overseas aid by 2010.
Britain's Overseas Development Assistance budget
to be £7.48bn for 2009/10 and £9.14bn for 2010/11 as proposed in last year's Comprehensive Spending Review.