Johnson insists government remains committed to 0.7% aid spending target in principle
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Theresa May, the former PM, says she will be voting against her party in a three-line whip for the first time in her time as an MP. She says the government made a promise to the poorest people in the world. She says it should keep that promise.
She says if the government wins tonight, that promise may be broken “for years to come”.
Starmer ends by saying that, although the PM says he wants to return aid spending to 0.7% of national income, he has a track record of breaking his promises. He cites the trade border down the Irish Sea (which the PM said he would not allow), cuts to armed forces number (which the PM ruled out) and having a plan for social care (still not published, even though the PM said it was ready in 2019) as examples.
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