Claim: The present government has spent more on foreign aid than any previous Labour government.
Fact-check: Boris Johnson was broadly right about aid spending - Full Fact
Verdict: this is true, at least from the data that goes back to 1970. it has also spent more than any previous conservative government in that period.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Leo Benedictus
Date published: 2021-06-10T00:00:00