Hard choices – in overseas aid, 0.7 is a magic number for all the parties – but the Tories say they’d do things differently

Avery Hancock takes a look at what the election might mean for the UK’s foreign aid contributions. With all the talk of hard choices and spending cuts it comes as some relief to the international development community that both Labour and the Conservatives plan to ring-fence aid spending. The Liberal Democrats say they will not ring-fence any department funds