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UK foreign aid cuts: Growing calls for govt policy reversal as philanthropists step in to replace shortfall
There are growing calls for the government to reverse its plan to slash foreign aid spending, with Bill and Melinda Gates's organisation among those announcing it will step in to fill the gap.
Labour and the Archbishop of Canterbury intensified their demands for the policy to be changed, saying the move by a consortium of charities underlines the harm caused by the decision.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), the ELMA Foundation and the Open Society Foundation are pledging £93m to a one-year plan to help replace the cuts in the UK's aid budget, Sky News understands.