Tackling global inequality is at the heart of the co-operative movement’s mission, and it was Co-operative MPs who helped found the Department for International Development (DFID) during the last Labour Government.

But now, the Government has closed DFID and scrapped our commitment to spend 0.7% of our national income on aid.

Cutting aid means turning our backs on the world’s poorest people at a time where they are bearing the brunt of some of the greatest challenges of our time, from climate change and global pandemics, to conflict and extreme

The Co-operative movement is proudly internationalist, and that’s why we’re calling on the Government to protect international development and honour our 0.7% aid commitment. Agree? Add your name.