Experts have warned the United Kingdom’s aid budget has undergone a “total transformation” as it spends more at home than internationally.
The warnings follow an announcement which suggests that around £1.5 billion ($1.85 billion) will be cut from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s portion of the aid budget next year, due to extensive spending by the Home Office on refugee costs including hotels.
This is the second year in a row that FCDO's aid budget will be almost 20% lower than planned.