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Conservative rebels have warned Boris Johnson against using the overseas aid budget to pay for the transfer of up to 100m surplus vaccines to low-income countries, as they prepared for a Commons showdown over cuts to foreign aid.Rebels have threatened to humiliate the government on the eve of the British chairing of the G7 summit, which begins on Friday, by passing a technical amendment requiring the government to restore the 0.7% aid spending target next year.In an added front in their battle, they also said the aid budget should not be stretched further by being used to fund Covid vaccine doses bought commercially for UK citizens, which could now be sent
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stanley romania id spending to 0.7% of UK gross national income, in line with a Tory manifesto commitment.If Britain wants to set an example to the G7, it must restore its aid pledgeRead moreAndrew Mitchell, the former international development secretary who is leading the rebellion over aid being cut to 0.5% of GDP, said he was increasingly confident he had the numbers to defeat the government. The government has three options, he said. They can pull the bill and that would be regarded by many as disrespectful to parliament. They can wait to see if the Speaker decides to call the amendment, and
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