MPs vote to approve £4bn foreign aid cut amid claims it could last for years – as it happened

This live blog is now closed. Read the full reporthere and for coronavirus news from around the world,read our global live blogMPs approve plan to slash foreign aid spendingGlobal coronavirus updates – live6.02pmBSTRelated:Coronavirus live: UK reports highest deaths since early April; Germany will not mandate jabs like France5.59pmBSTIt is not a good day for David Cameron. As well as abandoning the 0.7% aid spending target that he championed, later tonightMPs will vote to abandon English Votes for English Laws (Evel), another of his legacies.Continue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - July 13, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Andrew Sparrow Tags: Politics Coronavirus UK news Boris Johnson Keir Starmer Conservatives Aid Global development Science Theresa May David Davis Nicola Sturgeon Scotland David Cameron Jacob Rees-Mogg Source Type: news