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Speaking from those g7 talks in oxford, health scretary matt hancock said the uk could make the most difference to global health not through aid but through developing and distributing the oxford astrazeneca vaccine around the world. the biggest contribution we can make to ending this pandemic globally is the fact we put the investment in here in oxford to develop the oxford astrazeneca vaccine and now with astrazeneca we make it available at cost to the whole world. and that doesn't take aid, that takes british science and then making sure that we make that available generously to everybody a...

Reinstate the original target of 0.7% next year. the rebels say they are confident of finding the 45 tory mps needed to win the crunch vote on monday. but ministers are looking at ways of heading off defeat and insist the uk's aid budget remains generous, about £10 billion despite the cuts. the biggest contribution that we can make to ending this pandemic globally is the fact that we put the investment in here in oxford to develop the oxford astrazeneca vaccine and now, with astrazeneca, we make it available at cost to the whole world and that doesn't take aid, that takes british science. win...

Including the former prime minister theresa may, are fighting back. some 30 tory mps are backing plans to force the government to start spending more on aid next year. they say the cuts have had a devastating impact on the lives of some of the world's most vulnerable people. we are talking about famine relief globally, we are talking about access to clean water in a pandemic so that people can wash. we are talking about access to girls' education which the prime minister made a huge commitment to, describing it as the swiss army knife that solved a myriad of problems and challenges and we are ...

Take us through all of that. yes, so the government has a legal commitment to spend 0.7% of the country's national income on international aid. except they are not doing that at the moment, they say, because of the economic consequences of the pandemic. that has enraged some backbench mps, including quite a few conservatives, including quite a few former conservative cabinet ministers. what they have done is they have tabled an amendment to some legislation that is coming to the house of commons on monday, which is actually setting up the government's new science research agency called rea. bu...

The rebels say they are confident of finding the 45 tory mps needed to win the crunch vote on monday. but ministers are looking at ways of heading off defeat and insist the uk's aid budget remains generous, about £10 billion despite the cuts. the biggest contribution that we can make to ending this pandemic globally is the fact that we put the investment in here in oxford to develop the oxford astrazeneca vaccine and now, with astrazeneca, we make it available at cost to the whole world, and that doesn't take aid, that takes british science. win or lose, the government will now be in the tric...