According to a recent statement published on Gov.uk, the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) allocations for 2021-2022 have been slashed by 80% due to cost saving measures in response to the pandemic.
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The ODA gives foreign aid to countries to aid and promote climate and biodiversity, global health security, girls’ education, humanitarian preparedness and response, science & technology, open societies and conflict resolution and economic development and trade.
The cost saving measures will save UK tax payers a total of £8 billion (80%0 in the period 2021-2022.
Back in February 2017, the BBC reported UKIP calling for an 80% cut in foreign aid. UKIP said much of the UK’s spend, £12.5bn in 2015, was ineffective in alleviating poverty and left recipients worse off by perpetuating bad government. But a spokeswoman for the Department for International Development said in 2017: “The UK aid budget invests in our security and prosperity and is a key part of Global Britain’s international leadership as we leave the EU”.
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