Published: February 18, 2019
The bogus idea of a generous UK being taken for a ride by foreigners is fuelling cheerleaders of moves to cut the budget
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Wearing a colourful dashiki shirt given to him by the president of Rwanda, Andrew Mitchell leaned forward in his armchair, eyes gleaming, and explained why the Conservative party’s pledge to spend 0.7% of GDP on international development was solid. Any attempt to change party policy on aid would fail, Mitchell told me because “there are too many of us who won’t put up with it”.
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