Boris Johnson’s attacks behind fall in support for overseas aid, says minister

Andrew Mitchell, the international development minister, says former PM calling aid budget a ‘giant cashpoint in the sky’ harmed backing

The failure of Boris Johnson and successive Tory governments to defend overseas aid has led to a fall in public support for it, the new international development minister has warned.

In revealing comments made just days before he was appointed to the role, Andrew Mitchell, a veteran defender of overseas aid, said that a fall in support for the first time in 18 months had been accompanied by a political failure to make the case for its benefits for the UK.

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