Moran: Aid Battle Is Just Starting

Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon Layla Moran has responded to the news about UK overseas aid today.

The government proposes to slash the budget by around a third - cutting a host of programmes. It makes the UK the only one of the G7 leading industrial nations to be cutting aid spending this year.

She tweeted:

"Today's decision is just the start of the battle to reinstate the 0.7% aid target. Boris Johnson might have had a lucky escape from a vote on the cut today, but he cannot run and hide from parliamentary democracy forever.

"In a week which sees the eyes of the world on the UK at the G7, the Conservatives' actions - from making it harder to vote at home to abandoning our development commitments around the world - are ruining our country's reputation.

"The @LibDems will continue to stand up for the 0.7% target, which we have supported for over fifty years and enshrined in law."