THE Unite union called on the government today to reverse its swingeing cuts to international aid funding.

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced last week that the aid budget would be cut from 0.5 per cent of gross national income to 0.3 in 2027.

Accounting for the cost of housing asylum-seekers in Britain, this will leave spending on overseas aid at just 0.23 per cent of national income, the lowest-ever share since records began in 1960.