‘No country immune’ from UK’s aid cuts, says Raab

Foreign secretary denies that aid organisations are scared to speak out or people are going hungry

The UK foreign secretary, Dominic Raab, has told MPs that no country is immune" from the impending aid cuts, but failed to clarify when specific plans would be made public.

Speaking after the release of the first details of the 4bn cuts to international aid, which have been widely criticised as draconian" and opaque, the minister confirmed no stand-alone" impact assessment had been carried out in individual countries but that we identify risks we see across the board".