英国发展大臣基斯蒂·麦克尼尔重申劳工党政府的承诺，计划在财政环境允许时将国家援助支出比例从当前的0.3%恢复至国民收入的0.7%1。麦克尼尔强调了援助工作的重要性，表示"我是援助的巨大信徒"，并指出"如果你有能力拯救人的生命，你应该雄心勃勃地部署这种能力"1。
在宣布的援助计划中，麦克尼尔承诺通过人道主义危机基金向最易受厄尔尼诺影响的国家提供最多1500万英镑的支持1。她强调要"充分利用现有资源"以获得最大效果，突出了在资金约束下优化援助质量和有效性的重要性1。
Britain's newly appointed development minister Kirsty McNeill has reaffirmed the Labour government's commitment to restore aid spending to 0.7% of national income, contingent on fiscal conditions permitting such an increase 1. Current aid expenditure stands at 0.3% of national income 1.
McNeill emphasized the quality and effectiveness of British development assistance, stating that "if you have the capacity to save people's lives, you should ambitiously deploy that capacity" 1. She outlined plans to leverage existing resources more efficiently, declaring her approach to "sweat the asset" and maximize the impact of available funding 1. The minister described herself as "a huge believer in aid," underscoring the government's determination to address global development challenges through strategic partnerships 1.
As an immediate measure, the government announced up to £15 million in humanitarian assistance from its crisis fund to support nations most vulnerable to El Niño effects 1. McNeill is scheduled to detail the government's development strategy at an address to the New Economics Foundation think tank on Monday 1.
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