UK's Lammy warns US aid cuts could see China step into 'gap'
London (AFP) Feb 7, 2025 British Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday warned that US President Donald Trump's moves to freeze foreign aid and dismantle the USAID agency could see "China and others step into that gap". The UK's top diplomat pointed to reforms by Britain's previous Conservative government to its foreign aid programme as "a big strategic mistake" which the new Trump administration should "look close

