UK aid budget cut unlawful, legal advice to Tory rebels says

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Government could face judicial review if it does not reinstate its spending commitment, advice adds

The government will be in clear breach of the law and exposed to a judicial review if it presses ahead with a multibillion-pound cut in the UK’s foreign aid programme, according to legal advice given to Tory backbenchers.

 

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Perhaps it wouldn’t have been cut if the likes of Ellwood hadn’t demanded so much for the armed forces

Funny how they cry & whinge when kids in the Congo can’t be fed, yet no one bats an eyelid when kids in this country can’t be fed!

Heres an idea, bring it down to 0% and pay off some of the huge debt we have accumulated through the disastrous lockdown policy.

This govt doesn’t give a flying f*ck about the law, or the wishes of parliament.

We need to make it lawful then and cut it even further. We pay more than any country in the world, it’s about time they paid more

What is unlawful is taking people's money through threats of violence.

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