MPs vote to approve £4bn foreign aid cut amid claims it could last for years – as it happened
by Andrew Sparrow from on (#5M4EY)
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- MPs approve plan to slash foreign aid spending
- List of 24 Tory rebels who voted against cut to aid budget
- Starmer says aid cut will be indefinite if passed
- Davis: loophole in pledge means aid budget may never return to 0.7%
- 14 Tories dropping threat to vote against government on aid cuts
- Train and bus firms rule out keeping mask wearing compulsory
- Sage expert warns next Covid peak could last longer than previous ones
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It is not a good day for David Cameron. As well as abandoning the 0.7% aid spending target that he championed, later tonight MPs will vote to abandon English Votes for English Laws (Evel), another of his legacies.
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