Lord Cameron Says UK Must ‘Adapt to New Realities’ and Endorses Reduction in International Aid Budget

Britain’s new foreign secretary, David Cameron, has said the country must “adapt to new realities” as he explained why he supported the government backtracking on a pledge his administration made to guarantee 0.7 percent of GDP toward international aid and development. In 2015, the Conservative government led by Lord Cameron passed the International Development (Official Development Assistance Target) Act which was supposed to enshrine the 0.7 percent target but in 2021, the government, then led by Boris Johnson, reduced the target to 0.5 percent of GDP. Mr. Sunak pledged to continue with the 0.5 percent target and on Monday, speaking at the Global Food Security Summit in London, he unveiled a white paper which set out how his administration intended to deliver aid. The prime minister said it was a “revolutionary approach” to tackling world hunger....