Voices: Ministers are trying to bury the consequences of UK aid cuts. But what we know is catastrophic

From more small boats crossing the channel to families in poverty across Africa being hit hard, the truth is clear, writes Sarah Champion, chair of parliament's International Development Select Committee


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