ODA allocations for 2026 onwards show the grim reality of aid cuts
More than a year since the Prime Minister announced drastic cuts to the UK aid budget from 0.5% to just 0.3% of GNI by 2027/28 – the steepest among G7 countries – last week the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP made a long-awaited statement to set out the FCDO’s ODA allocation for 2026/27 to 2028/29. Here is our analysis.
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ODA allocations for 2026 onwards show the grim reality of aid cuts
More than a year since the Prime Minister announced drastic cuts to the UK aid budget from 0.5% to just 0.3% of GNI by 2027/28 – the steepest among G7 countries – last week the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP made a long-awaited statement to set out the FCDO’s ODA allocation for 2026/27 to 2028/29. Here is our analysis.
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