Keir Starmer's pledge

In this case, that means we will cut our spending on development assistance, moving from 0.5% of GNI today to 0.3% in 2027, fully funding our increased investment in defence.

Made under the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government, as GOV.UK labels it.

Made 2025-02-25 · Deadline 2027 · Where it was made · archived copy · Parliament record

What the official figures show

Development assistance as a share of Gross National Income, 2027 (target)

0.3%

2026-10-23 · Hansard, House of Commons (Prime Minister statement, 25 February 2025) · receipt

UK Official Development Assistance as a share of Gross National Income (provisional), 2025 (latest)

0.43%

2026-10-23 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Statistics on International Development · receipt

UK Official Development Assistance as a share of Gross National Income, 2024 (baseline)

0.50%

2026-10-23 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Statistics on International Development · receipt

These figures are repeated from their sources and update automatically. We don't say whether the pledge has been kept.