article_snippet.sent: Britain's aid budget may have to soar by hundreds of millions of pounds a year because of new EU rules, EU has emerged.
article_snippet.sent: Official figures released this week reveal that Britain met the target last year, spending £11.7billion on foreign aid projects.
article_snippet.sent: UK is now the second largest aid donor in the world.
article_snippet.sent: Spending on foreign aid is set to increase by an extra £1billion over the next two years because of new EU rules .
article_snippet.sent: It means that Gross National Income will rise – pushing up the amount that will need to be spent on aid to meet the 0.7 per cent target.
article_snippet.sent: One aid expert said One aid expert could mean an increase of £500million in the aid budget in 2016 and 2017.
article_snippet.sent: Britain met the 0.7 per cent aid target thanks to a frantic effort that meant increasing the budget by 30 per cent in one year.
article_snippet.sent: just so ministers could say ministers had met the 0.7 per cent aid target.
article_snippet.sent: The move would mean a six-fold increase in the level of EU aid to the African state, with Britain’s share amounting to around £31million.
highlights_snippet.sent: UK spent £11.7billion on overseas aid last year but that is set to increase .
  