{"id":4560,"date":"2021-06-21T13:35:32","date_gmt":"2021-06-21T13:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/?p=4560"},"modified":"2025-02-26T13:19:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T13:19:09","slug":"the-uks-humanitarian-aid-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/2021\/06\/21\/the-uks-humanitarian-aid-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"The UK&#8217;s humanitarian aid cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There have been proposed cuts to the UK aid budget.  For some background and reactions to the proposed cuts see these useful resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommonslibrary.parliament.uk%2Fresearch-briefings%2Fsn03714%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255385807%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=KXKmc5SKUNlF04PS8xnoxdt53AiS%2B9p5MVKqwpmH1Bc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">The 0.7 percent aid target \u2013 Commons Library briefing paper<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcommonslibrary.parliament.uk%2Fresearch-briefings%2Fcbp-9224%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255395760%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=zu9FKBc1U53%2FRy9ieamqjRnuQMCHSMWqekEH4mmOX74%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Reducing the UK\u2019s aid spending in 2021 \u2013 Commons Library briefing paper<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fstatistics-on-international-development-provisional-uk-aid-spend-2020&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255395760%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=HIatLeN%2FoTQP1BI5k6jKzmgcFpB%2BnnndCaw5pj%2BWqnI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Statistics on International Development: Provisional UK Aid Spend 2020<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdata.oecd.org%2Foda%2Fnet-oda.htm&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255405727%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=IUH8Yj84jsZ9ti0wsi8jCCplw0PfkPcvQoTKHiSbqGY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">OECD data comparing foreign aid in different OECD nations<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oecd.org%2Fdac%2Ffinancing-sustainable-development%2Fdevelopment-finance-data%2FODA-2020-detailed-summary.pdf&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255415680%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=0rPC6zM8SQnCM9H1bR5faPr0hd3T6ob%2B1DXJjCBcB%2FI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">OECD report comparing changes in 2020 as a result of the pandemic see which other nations have increased or reduced aid<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fglobal-development%2F2021%2Fjun%2F06%2Fuk-foreign-aid-cuts-will-leave-100000-refugees-without-water&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255415680%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ZZMxm1jG1X3iqjjCQRLQYOVKMFCfOF6flo3SfNsmB4c%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Guardian news coverage of potential cuts<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fifs.org.uk%2Fpublications%2F15392&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255425634%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=POMr9YWCDkXcHE0U9Xl1efJhPhgXgnJlJs7NgqZtzjo%3D&amp;reserved=0\">IFS briefing note on cuts\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; April 2021\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FPoliticsJaMPod%2Fstatus%2F1402534931964731393&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255435590%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=Y9HM5G1O7E81UjD%2FepvQSwB31p3vYBrl3DaYwS7dfwc%3D&amp;reserved=0\">ODI podcast on budget cuts<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oxfam.org.uk%2Fmedia%2Fpress-releases%2Foxfam-reaction-to-to-the-news-that-the-aid-spending-amendment-will-not-be-accepted%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255435590%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=Z8Iov9eSeUnzqVsfVrDQpvQD9sT1FmSjS0Ia3PElD88%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Oxfam reaction<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Freliefweb.int%2Freport%2Fworld%2Freaction-uk-announcement-cuts-foreign-aid&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255445548%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=2x7xolnbi7HUZ1f03dRO0Yn0SLL2sO0UnW6VkU4OHaY%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Relief<\/a>web\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bond.org.uk%2Fnews%2F2021%2F05%2Fuk-aid-cuts-reactions-from-the-uk-and-beyond&amp;data=04%7C01%7Cad158%40LEICESTER.AC.UK%7C3a301137e11c45c666b908d92dd419b1%7Caebecd6a31d44b0195ce8274afe853d9%7C0%7C1%7C637591211255455505%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ZFtry%2F1%2B12XgEjchRbHFqNy4ztoZ7H%2F6pS8afw2qfk4%3D&amp;reserved=0\">BOND<\/a> (UK network for organisations working in international development)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There have been proposed cuts to the UK aid budget. For some background and reactions to the proposed cuts see these useful resources: The 0.7 percent aid target \u2013 Commons Library briefing paper Reducing the UK\u2019s aid spending in 2021 \u2013 Commons Library briefing paper\u00a0 Statistics on International Development: Provisional UK Aid Spend 2020\u00a0 OECD [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8,13],"tags":[286,93],"class_list":["post-4560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-international-relations","category-politics","tag-humanitarian-aid","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4560"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4561,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4560\/revisions\/4561"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffblogs.le.ac.uk\/socscilibrarians\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}