*‘Homework’ for the sector* Unlike in the U.S., where Trump’s aid cuts came down like a hammer, planned cuts in the U.K. are slated to be implemented between now and 2027 — which could provide enough time, some experts say, to cushion the blow.
“The U.K.’s commitments to multilaterals and everywhere has been predicated on having a 0.5% budget,” said Ian Mitchell of the Center for Global Development <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZTQ09r6AsV78-YGUoxhCCjYKknpk9eABsicVlwbiucl-twqy5tVFmJsUZfzvr-RSQnmcVFFY=> at a recent Devex Pro event <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POt41tdyMbNGeqR-DGng5pDvqikfPSFqdCcOsNQ7YEfFue5nVR9WgE_-n-B6KMgq21BwB-XSv8P7wjlI8F6t1RZw2OSxSsZl4AV64ijziW7v5j1W1YUBjQyBtV3k9u_vLFq13f5qTsTFUOIsVTs_4ro0kiZHbnOHArIkYSn7J8exol1dL091LPBi0O2zq67h7EuFnpMbH6yDpBNOwOLLc6-fIa8X_Kgo_3XZiJWuH0Eu0/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZTQ09rw5hBwZpLaNUyi-xeSBvvX4UGBnFHsEz4Sxt_lSEcqPYRYI8qqIS5-NUVBNqZtLc1-U=>. “And so *the longer you can have a 0.5% budget, the better prepared you are for 0.3%*, and the less painful cuts you have to make.” <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POt41tdyMbNGeqR-DGng5pDvqikfPSFqdCcOsNQ7YEfFue5nVR9WgE_-n-B6KMgq21BwB-XSv8P7wjlI8F6t1RZw2OSxSsZl4AV64ijziW7v5j1W1YUBjQyBtV3k9u_vLFq13f5qTsTFUOIsVTs_4ro0kiZHbnOHArIkYSn7J8exol1dL091LPBi0O2zq67h7EsraaVTYmdmt-xZkaqmtNdFjvY0cfCOaQTFmV5oU1dqy/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZTQ09rw5hBwZpLaNUyi-xeSBvvX4UGBnFHsEz4Sxt_lSEcqPYRYI8qqIS5-NUVBNqZtLc1-U=> Mitchell also pointed out that the United Kingdom spends an unusually large portion of its aid budget <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POg0jpby__zw7tZ9Bq4FXW7v_CrEBr_ooB3211KVaOFHCOva6cQQZRTvfgj0pcroOwEu5AtID3GtfkHEC0nUvRA-Z4cIW8Hbt501eMNx-CuENviDxiisxB7562YYxjrE-nU3yZLjOLrqfxPZta-DJbX4bhIjcXAMhkxegpjAmqHhihmO84CPhGNqPXmUBKa4xx2NHLLTULTdBzufPhWVJegGj9vF7r88Mo9_ZNMJyZtiHYTQiKVc74fkMdrI0X3O8lw==/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZTQ09rw5hBwZpLaNUyi-xeSBvvX4UGBnFHsEz4Sxt_lSEcqPYRYI8qqIS5-NUVBNqZtLc1-U=> housing refugees inside the country. *Reducing spending on in-donor refugee costs* — or simply taking the money from somewhere other than the aid budgets — *could go a long way* toward boosting overseas spending, Devex Business Editor David Ainsworth writes. Romilly Greenhill of Bond <https://t.devex.com/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZTQ09rz-QFh0UDHzHQTuKPT9Y_AD5ysDh0mi1g-fOxtu-n7FcgFi5FUI9C2B1FsUjcQiVKsM=> said the development community should also use this time to better sell itself. “If you talk to the public about, do you want to spend on aid, they generally say no,” Greenhill said. “But if you ask, do you want children to be vaccinated, women to have family planning, kids to go to school, conflict to be prevented, nature and climate to be protected? More of them say yes.” “That’s something for us to think about: *Are we talking to the public in the right ways?*” she added. “It’s a bit of homework for us in the sector to be honest.” *Watch the full event recording:* UK aid cuts — 6 things left to fight for <https://t.devex.com/dc/kyXVoDpAY__Vu56MNr4POt41tdyMbNGeqR-DGng5pDvqikfPSFqdCcOsNQ7YEfFue5nVR9WgE_-n-B6KMgq21BwB-XSv8P7wjlI8F6t1RZw2OSxSsZl4AV64ijziW7v5j1W1YUBjQyBtV3k9u_vLFq13f5qTsTFUOIsVTs_4ro0kiZHbnOHArIkYSn7J8exol1dL091LPBi0O2zq67h7EhSzXVOlp1zDVG7dkQT1s4gDF6jU5r5zE9i99eG90OxR/Njg1LUtCTC03NjUAAAGZTQ09rw5hBwZpLaNUyi-xeSBvvX4UGBnFHsEz4Sxt_lSEcqPYRYI8qqIS5-NUVBNqZtLc1-U=>
