Romilly Greenhill, UK Director of The ONE Campaign, said: “Not only is it frustrating that the impact assessment has not been published, it’s counterproductive. 

“By being left in the dark, NGOs can not properly scrutinize the effect of the cuts, and are unable to hold the FCDO to account – something the Taxpayer rightly expects to ensure value for money.

“It’s lamentable that Sarah Champion MP had to resort to this step to get the transparency we so badly need. Now we have this information, and we’ll see details of how the cuts have hurt the UK’s effort to fight global poverty, we urge the Government to restore the 0.7 commitment as soon as possible.” 

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