May to resist pressure to cut Britain's foreign aid commitment

Jacob Rees-Mogg delivers a petition backed by the Daily Express to Downing Street.Theresa May will not abandon Britain’s commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on foreign aid, despite growing pressure from within her party and elements of the media in response to the Oxfam scandal.A Downing Street source told the Guardian the government’s promise to ringfence money for development was remaining in place, not least because it was enshrined in law.