UK Foreign Aid Spending Highest Of G7

Britain is spending nearly twice as much of its wealth on aid to the world's poorest countries than any of the other G7 nations, a report shows. The UK's foreign aid budget has soared by 144% in 10 years - hitting £13.2bn in 2014, figures show, as David Cameron arrives in Japan for the annual meeting with other G7 leaders. According to the progress report, Britain is the only country to honour its pledge to give the United Nations' target of 0.7% of national wealth in international aid.