'No country immune' from UK's aid cuts, says Raab

‘No country immune’ from UK’s aid cuts, says Raab
Karen McVeigh
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Photograph: Jeff Overs/PA
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”.
“We are still doing the country-by-country plans,” said Raab, during a two-hour session at the Commons international development committee, which scrutinises the aid budget. “I don’t think it’s realistic to think that any country will be entirely immune from the savings we’ve had to make.”

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