The foreign aid crisis shows just how little we understand our decisions over Brexit | Marie Le Conte

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Nearly five years after the vote, it is still not entirely clear what Brexit meant – even to those who yearned for it, writes Marie Le Conte

‘The decision to cut foreign aid is more concrete, and thus more controversial’hat to make of the foreign aid debate? Last night, a group of Conservative MPs tried – and failed – to rebel against the government’s decision to cut the overseas aid budget by £4bn. Their plan was to put an amendment to the, which would have returned spending from 0.5 per cent back to 0.7 per cent of national income next year.

 

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youngvulgarian 800 words pretending Foreign Aid has the slightest link to Brexit. Great effort!

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