Rishi Sunak clashes with MP over cuts to Yemen foreign aid

Rishi Sunak clashed with a Labour MP over his cuts to overseas aid while he was chancellor as Yemen faces the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis.”

The now-prime minister slashed foreign aid from 0.7 per cent to 0.5 per cent of gross national income in 2020.

In October 2021, Mr Sunak said he expected to restore the commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on overseas aid in 2024-25.

The UN says Yemen has “the world’s worst humanitarian crisis,” with “tens of thousands... living in famine-like conditions.”

“When it comes to the aid budget, I don’t regret the cuts to the overall aid budget,” Mr Sunak told MPs on Tuesday (19 December).