The United Kingdom’s new blueprint for international development will make no fresh “financial commitments” to avoid a “fight” with its Treasury department, its author has cautioned.
Andrew Mitchell, the development minister, has hailed the planned November document as an opportunity to reignite progress towards meeting the failing Sustainable Development Goals and the climate emergency.
But, in an interview with Devex, Mitchell dampened hopes that the new strategy will trigger either a boost to the U.K.’s shrunken aid budget or its direct contributions to advance the Bridgetown agenda.