UK Cuts Foreign Aid Budget Amid Opposition From Former PMs

Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak is seen at Downing Street amid the CCP virus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, on Sept. 24, 2020. John Sibley/Reuters

The UK will reduce its spending on foreign aid next year, Finance Minister Rishi Sunak has confirmed on Wednesday.

The move came amid opposing voices from several former Prime Ministers, although a poll showed that 60 percent people thought the UK had been spending too much on overseas aid.