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The recently announced cuts to the UK aid budget will directly affect people living in poverty.

As Nigel Harris, Tearfund CEO, says, ‘It is a devastating blow to the world’s most vulnerable communities and a betrayal of the UK’s own interests.’

Investing in development creates a safer, healthier and more sustainable world for everyone. Use this form to send an email to your MP asking them to take a stand against short-sighted aid cuts.

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Dear {name of your MP - this will be inserted once you submit the form}

I am deeply concerned by the Prime Minister’s recent decision to cut the UK’s international development budget down to 0.3% of Gross National Income (GNI) - a cut of around £5.5 billion.

The aid budget is invaluable in combatting food insecurity, insufficient healthcare and climate change. This appalling decision will directly affect people living in poverty around the world. Families will go hungry. Children won’t be able to go to school. Conflict will continue to ruin lives.

This decision is not only harmful but strategically flawed. UK aid strengthens global health and security, making the world a safer place. Cutting overseas aid for communities experiencing instability will only exacerbate global insecurity.

The Conservative and Labour Parties both pledged in their 2024 General Election Manifestos to restore development spending to 0.7% of Gross National Income, with Labour specifically promising to ‘regain Britain’s global leadership on development’. This leadership is desperately needed, yet the reduction to 0.3% represents a complete abandonment of those commitments. Within seven years, UK aid will have been cut by over half, reaching its lowest percentage of Gross National Income since 1999.

At a time of unprecedented humanitarian suffering, drastically cutting overseas aid is indefensible and short-sighted. It undermines hard won gains and signals a retreat from tackling extreme poverty, climate change, and global insecurity.

As my MP I therefore request that you call on the Government to reverse cuts to the development budget, in order to uphold the UK’s development leadership and the  compassion of the British people. The increase in defence spending should be sourced by other means.

Yours sincerely,

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