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13 Jul, 10 tweets, 3 min read
BREAKING Govt wins overseas aid cut vote by 333 votes to 298. Big Tory rebellion
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-jo…
Criticism has been swift from aid charities. Church of England's Bishop of Worcester now wades in: "The criteria which the govt has now set out for a return to 0.7% are so stringent that it risks making permanent rather than temporary the reduction in our overseas development"
Earlier, Andrew Mitchell warned: "Anyone who thinks this is not affecting our party’s reputation is living in cloud cuckoo land...
“There’s an unpleasant odour wafting out under my party’s front door."
Christine Allen, CEO, CAFOD: "It is beyond despicable that the government is hiding behind fiscal formulas to abandon the world’s most vulnerable. Its economic rationale for its aid cuts is fatuous."
Latest intel is the Tory rebellion was around 27, tho figures soon to be confirmed.
Some MPs abstained rather than vote against.
Govt whips will be pleased their ambush worked.
The most significant political takeaway from making the overseas aid cut effectively indefinite is this:
Rishi Sunak's chances of becoming the next Tory leader, and possibly Prime Minister, just went markedly up in the view of Tory backbenchers
Full list of 24 Tory MPs who rebelled against the govt on overseas aid cuts. Is your MP among them?
huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-jo…
Now Sir John Major says govt "should be ashamed".
"It seems that we can afford a 'national yacht' that no-one either wants or needs, whilst cutting help to some of the most miserable and destitute people in the world.
..It is the stamp of Little England, not Great Britain."
While you're here...
Will Rishi Sunak’s Aid Cut ‘Compromise’ Help Or Hinder His Chances As The Next PM?

huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/will-ris…

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huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-jo…
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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-englan…
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