Sign up to the free MyBury newsletter to get the best stories direct to your inbox A Greater Manchester MP has explained why he voted to cut billions of pounds in foreign aid in the years to come - despite vowing not to.
Boris Johnson won a narrow victory in Parliament this week as MPs voted to reduce the UK's overseas aid spending from 0.7pc to 0.5pc of national income, breaking his own party's manifesto pledge.
Christian Wakeford, the Conservative representative for Bury South, had previously criticised the proposals, but backed the motion which will see a cut of around £4 billion in aid to the world's poorest.
Political opponents have now accused him of having 'broken a bond of trust with his constituents'. READ MORE:‘A skeleton of a
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