Aid We Can Afford (with Tobias Ellwood MP)

The government is facing a backbench rebellion over the foreign aid budget with prominent Conservative MPs trying to reverse a cut to 0.5% of gross national income, down from 0.7%.Tobias Ellwood, Conservative MP for Bournemouth East, tells Bloomberg Westminster's Caroline Hepker and Roger Hearing he will oppose the government on this and the U.K. should not lose its place as a prominent provider of assistance to developing countries.Daniel Bruce, chief executive of the anti-corruption organisation Transparency International, joins to discuss claims that the Conservative Party - in government for more than a decade - is dangerously financially dependent on major property interests.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.