The ONE Campaign Responds to Comprehensive Spending Review

Speaking after the announcement of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement, Diane Sheard, UK Director of The ONE Campaign, said: “At the exact moment we should be focusing our overseas aid on the very poorest, the Government has passed some of the responsibility to departments with no track record in fighting global poverty.

“It’s crucial that there is no dilution in the purpose of our lifesaving aid: its purpose is to end extreme poverty.  We must invest the lion’s share in the poorest countries where the concentration of people living in extreme poverty will increase in the years ahead.”