The Great Britain reduced foreign assistance in some areas due to the cost of assistance to Ukraine and the resettlement of refugees from Afghanistan. About this, as Sky News writes.
It was announced that insignificant expenses would be temporarily terminated, since the government is trying to provide the priority of “necessary foreign assistance.”
“The government has so far provides priority to financing the necessary foreign assistance, for example, humanitarian support of the people of Ukraine,” said the government representative.
“The United Kingdom has a long history of assistance to others at a difficult time, and we are one of the largest donors of assistance in the world, which exceeds the average indicator for the OECR. We still strive to spend 0.5% of our gross national income on benefits abroad and return to 0.7%, when the financial situation resolves, ”he added.