Britain's overseas aid cuts 'impaired' support for Middle East crises
Slash to funding has had 'significant impact' on security projects, committee of senior MPs has said.
The decision taken by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson to slash the Official Development Assistance (ODA) funding in 2021 has had a “significant impact” on funding, the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy said.
The first year of those cuts in 2022 saw the Conflict, Stability and Security Fund’s (CSSF) budget slashed by £401 million to £858 million, a reduction of 32 per cent.
Programmes aimed at stabilising conflict areas in the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) have been halted altogether while others have had budgets cut in half.
This has particularly affected areas of high instability including Libya, Sudan and Tunisia.
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Thinking mirror - funding cut for the creation of crises.