UK govt to set out spending plans amid aid cut concerns

UK’s Treasury chief, Sunak, is being urged to desists from cutting govt spending allocation to overseas aid as he prepares to divulge the massive damage to the public finances created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Figures last week showed that UK’s debt pile had surpassed the 2trn pound mark for the first time in British history, taking it over 100% of annual national income.