Chancellor Rishi Sunak speaks as MPs back £4 billion aid cut

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The Government has backed a colossal £4 billion cut to the foreign aid budget in response to increased pandemic spending.

Boris Johnson survived a Tory revolt over the proposed cuts which saw his predecessor Theresa May warn that some of the world’s poorest will die as a result of the slashed spending.

MPs voted 333 to 298 at the House of Commons on Tuesday, with a majority of 35 to back the reduced level of aid funding.

It comes despite efforts to warn Tory rebels not to fall into a “trap” set by the Government as it attempted to see off the revolt.

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