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Cuts to the UK’s foreign aid budget have “directly” caused a “horrifying” rise in worldwide deaths during pregnancy and childbirth and must be reversed, a hard hitting report from MPs has concluded.
In a report published on 25 January1 the Commons International Development Committee warned that cuts to British aid from 2020 onwards were costing the lives of the most vulnerable women in the world and were likely to lead to nearly 200 000 more unsafe abortions being performed in Africa alone.
The report was based on recently published data gathered by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) itself in an equality impact assessment.2
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“Drastic and highly disruptive” cuts to the aid budget have damaged Britain’s international reputation, a watchdog has said in a review of UK aid over the past four years.