Sir Keir Starmer has announced that the government will cut aid spending to pay for a boost to defence. Around £6bn per year will be taken out of the aid budget and transferred over to pay for defence. The government has so far only specified one area it wants to make savings in - the money that goes on housing asylum seekers in the UK. Downing Street says it is carrying out a 'line by line' review of aid spending, meaning - in theory - any part of the budget could be cut. The primary impact this squeeze will have is on the programmes and people in the countries that will see their funding cut.