Starmer slashes international aid budget in Trump charm offensive
Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will increase military spending, with funding coming from a brutal cut to international aid.
Scottish Greens External Affairs spokesperson Patrick Harvie MSP said:
“Keir Starmer plans to withhold life-saving support from some of the most marginalised people and give it to some of the world’s wealthiest arms companies. It is utterly shameful and it seems inevitable that people will die as a result.
“There is a strong case for Europe taking more responsibility for its own security instead of continuing to cooperate with a far-right US Government. But just like other areas of vital public services, that should be funded by fair taxation on the wealthy, not by sacrificing the lives of the poorest.
“This is a disgraceful decision, and it sends a very worrying signal about how easily Keir Starmer will roll over and what position he will take when Donald Trump puts pressure on his government.
“He should be standing up to this far right White House, not kowtowing to them and making some of the world’s most vulnerable people pay the price.”