Cuts to aid budget 'shrouded in secrecy', charities warn NGOs demand to know which aid programmes are being slashed and how decisions are made 26 January 2021 • 6:00am The UK aid budget has been slashed by £3bn Credit: Corporal Stephen Harvey/Army There is a “shocking” lack of transparency around UK aid cuts, which are taking place without proper consultation, international development organisations have warned. Speaking ahead of foreign secretary Dominic Raab’s first appearance in front of the international development select committee (IDC), development charities called on the government to reveal which aid programmes are being cut and how decisions are being made.