LONDON (AP) — British lawmakers have failed to force a vote on the government’s cut to foreign aid spending, but may get a chance to debate the contentious decision on Tuesday. The non-partisan speaker in the House of Commons, Lindsay Hoyle, ruled that an attempt to reverse the decision via an amendment to a bill was not appropriate, saying it is “outside the scope of the bill.” However, he rebuked the government for not having put to a vote its decision last November to cut the proportion of national income set aside for foreign aid from 0.7% to 0.5%. The decision spares Prime Minister Boris Johnson from a potentially embarrassing defeat in the run-up to his hosting of the Group of Seven leaders this weekend.
