This year, the United Kingdom will cut aid to Africa by around 12% and reduce spending on several countries facing crises, including the occupied Palestinian territories, according to figures published Tuesday.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office released both its annual report and accounts for the fiscal year that ended March 2025 and an equality impact assessment for official development assistance, or ODA, program allocations for the following year, which assesses whether the allocations will have a particular impact on protected characteristics, such as race, gender, and disability.
Some aspects of these documents were praised by the U.K. aid community, but a number of other decisions were received negatively.