The United Kingdom’s aid spending on education was cut by a third in 2020, despite girls' education being a government priority.
Education spending fell 30%, from £789 million ($1.1 billion) in 2019 to £545 million in 2020, according to annual statistics released by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Wednesday.
Longer term, the decline is even more stark — in 2016, the U.K. spent £961 million on education.