UK's 85 per cent aid cuts for family planning will have 'devastating' consequences, warns UN The UK's move to slash funding for UNFPA has been branded 'shameful', amid growing outrage at the lack of government transparency over cuts 29 April 2021 • 10:17am A woman at a family planning clinic in northern Ghana Credit: Simon Townsley The UK is set to slash funding for the United Nations’ family planning agency by 85 per cent, reneging on previous commitments in a move that will have “devastating” ramifications for the world’s poorest women. The UNFPA – which seeks to improve access to reproductive and sexual health services across the globe – has revealed that the UK has cut contributions to a flagship family planning programme from £155 million to just £23 million.