Gideon Rabinowitz is the Director of Policy and Advocacy at Bond.
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More cuts to the UK aid budget under the new government’s first Autumn Budget
With Chancellor Rachel Reeves announcing the first Labour budget for 14 years yesterday, we analyse what it means for international development and Official Development Assistance, and what needs to improve.
Final UK ODA statistics for 2023 – The legacy of recent cuts and what is at stake in the budget
After a raft of cuts to official development assistance under the previous government, the impact has been devastating. It is imperative that the new government bucks the trend and plans a path back to 0.7%.
Two steps forward one step back on FCDO spending ambitions
Following significant FCDO ODA spending increases in 2023/24, revised plans for 2024/25 signal a scale-back in efforts to rebuild UK development ambitions, despite the new government’s pledge to ‘rebuild Britain’s reputation on international development’.