UK government announce a further 40% cut to the ODA budget On 25th February 2025 by Ella Ronan Martin Drewry, CEO of Health Poverty Action, responds to the news that the UK will cut its aid budget to fund defence spending. “Just when millions of people across the world are reeling from the sudden loss of USAID. Lifesaving food and medication withdrawn from the most vulnerable overnight. Keir Starmer’s response is to announce a 40% cut to the UK’s ODA budget. It’s a key moment in history, when UK should be stepping up not down. Shame on the UK government.”
