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A savage reversal of aid is happening at the very moment people need our help most. MPs must join together to stop it
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This article, written by former Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, denounces the government's approach to tackling the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that it is regressive, and its costs concentrated most heavily on the poor, both at home and abroad.
Not only has relatively little state aid been directed at the most vulnerable, with the £20 rise in Universal Credit only being temporary, but cuts to the aid budget have lessened our support for those most vulnerable globally, exacerbating the return of extreme poverty.
It's a compelling view - and there's more than a grain of truth to it, not least in comparison to the large sums lavished on PPE, where a relatively narrow, and well-connected group, appear to have disproportionately benefited.