Labour MPs call for Andy Burnham to restore aid spending target set by Brown

Labour backbenchers are urging Andy Burnham to make international development a political priority, per The Guardian. Through a forthcoming collection of essays from the New Economics Foundation, they're calling for the UK to commit zero point seven percent of national income to overseas aid—framing the spending level as essential to Britain's global standing and leadership on development issues.

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