Johnson has blamed unforeseen pandemic spending for his decision to temporarily cut the overseas aid budget AFP/Jonny WeeksCARBIS BAY, United Kingdom):Prime Minister Boris Johnson is championing solidarity at the G7 summit, defying criticism of cuts to UK foreign aid by sharing millions of doses of COVID-19 vaccines with poor countries and promoting schooling for vulnerable children.
With this in mind, the UK government announced on Friday it would provide £430 million to support the worst affected by being out of school - most of them girls - and called on its G7 allies to follow suit. The situation has been made more acute by the pandemic, causing an unprecedented education crisis: 1.6 billion children were out of school across the world at the height of closures.
The decision, which he maintains is only temporary, has triggered a barrage of criticism at home and abroad, warnings about its effect on humanitarian projects and the damage to Britain's reputation and post-Brexit international ambitions. Thoko Elphick-Pooley, executive director at the Uniting to Combat Neglected Diseases partnership, said she was also disappointed.
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