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Liam Byrne MP and Andrew Mitchell MP

Fresh aid cuts would further diminish Global Britain as a force for good
Economy
By Liam Byrne MP and Andrew Mitchell MP
Fresh aid cuts would further diminish Global Britain as a force for good
We are not naive: we’ve both been around the block. One of us negotiated spending settlements with the Treasury as the international development secretary, while the other agreed departmental budgets as chief secretary to the Treasury in the wake of the global finance crisis. So, we know what’s going on in the corridors of power, at this very late stage, on the eve of the Chancellor’s spending review.