Labour’s decision to stop tendering an education scheme in South Sudan as part of its foreign aid cuts have been criticised for supposedly going even further than Boris Johnson did during austerity.

The government has chosen to reduce its international development fund from 0.5% of gross national income to 0.3% from 2027 so it can boost defence spending.

This means around £6.5billion will be cut from the planned aid budget between 2024-25 and 2027-28.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) alone has to cut around a third, £3billion, from its existing budget – and vulnerable countries like South Sudan are already starting to face the consequences.

The government now sees the current Education for All South Sudan (EFASS) programme as no longer viable, and is cancelli

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