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Letter I sent to my MP today on the overseas aid budget. Let's not be foolish.
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> Dear Ben Spencer,
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> Please use your influence to persuade the government to maintain our
> overseas aid budget commitment at 0.7% of national income. I believe that
> changing this policy would be a mistake, increasing the risks of extremism
> and forced migration around the world.
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> The policy was established when the budget was very tight, and I think the
> reasons for it remain compelling: to prevent selfishness and short-termism
> from hurting our own and others' interests.
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> Please pass my letter on to the Chancellor.
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> Yours sincerely, Andy Balaam
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Feel free to re-use some or all of this.
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Originally posted at 2020-11-25 08:51:46+00:00. Automatically generated from the original post : apologies for the errors introduced.
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