Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey said his is “the only party” calling for the UK to restore its overseas aid target to 0.7%. But the SNP and Plaid Cymru also say they’d restore the target immediately.
, the UK Government confirmed that it would “temporarily” reduce this target to 0.5%, citing the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.which must be met before the 0.7% target can be reinstated: that the Office for Budget Responsibility shows that “on a sustainable basis” the country is not borrowing for day-to-day spending, and the ratio of underlying debt to GDP is falling.that spending on overseas aid would remain at 0.5% until these tests were met.
The SNP confirmed to Full Fact that it is also calling for the UK government to immediately return to this target.
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