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and, you know, there s an all party consensus, all parties, for 25 years, that we need 0.7%. we need to play our role in the world by being one of the leaders in aid. and really, this is not the right time to pull things away. because, basically, this is when the poorest countries need help most. and i can see how it can be financed. we re about to get a huge payment from the international monetary fund of $23 billion. that covers this cut six times over, so it makes absolutely no economic sense but particularly no moral sense. and it s in our self interest, of course, to see others vaccinated, because nobody s safe till everybody s safe. the conservative party committed to spending 0.7% on foreign aid in its 2019 manifesto. andrew bridgen is one of the conservative mps in favour of the aid cut that amounts to almost £4 billion.

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