Collapse in spending undermines UK government’s claim it is ‘a force for good in the world’
The Foreign Office has halved its funding for human rights work and the promotion of democracy despite branding the UK as “a force for good in the world”, according to figures published by the department.
The statistics showed that in the financial year just ending, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office cut its overall human rights budget from £52.4m to £27.9m, with the bulk of the cuts coming through the FCDO’s international programme and the conflict, security and stability fund.
