Former PM among 30 Tory MPs backing amendment aiming to reverse cuts to aid spending

The former prime minister Theresa May has joined a growing rebellion of Tory MPs over cuts to the government’s overseas aid programme.

Thirty Tory MPs now plan to sign an amendment to the advanced research and invention agency bill, which has its report stage in the House of Commons on Monday, introducing a new clause reversing the cuts.

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