David Cameron joins the Ukraine war effort by driving lorry to Poland

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Earlier this week, he called for more humanitarian help to be given to Ukraine.

Speaking to Channel 4 News, he called on the Government to “get back” to dedicating 0.7 per cent of gross national income to overseas aid, after it was cut to 0.5 per cent last year.

Mr Cameron said the Cabinet should have an aid minister, who would be “100 per cent dedicated” to the role.

Rishi Sunak, the Chancellor, has promised to return the UK’s aid contributions to 0.7 per cent by the end of this Parliament.

But Mr Cameron said: “Let’s do more on humanitarian aid. We achieve 0.7 per cent of GDP in our aid payments. I’m sad we’ve got away from that. I hope we can get back there.

Let’s – with the EU – lead the donor conference, lead the aid effort. Let’s have a dedicated aid minister in the Cabinet doing development.

“The Foreign Office ministers do a great job but it’d be good to have someone who’s 100 per cent dedicated to humanitarian aid and development.”

He also said permanent Nato bases should be created in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

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