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Foreign Aid: An end to British benevolence?
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31 minutes
Released:
Jun 17, 2021
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Podcast episode
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Rebel MPs have been lining up to criticise plans to reduce the foreign aid budget from 0.7% of our national income to 0.5%, a loss of £4 billion. Today we explore the impact of these cuts In Westminster and in Mozambique - one of Africa's poorest countries.This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today and get one month free at: thetimes.co.uk/storiesofourtimes. Guests:Henry Zeffman, chief political correspondent, The Times.Andrea Wojnar, Mozambique Resident Representative of the United Nations Population Fund.Host: Manveen Rana.Clips from: BBC, CBS, and UNFPR. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Released:
Jun 17, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
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