Nonprofits and businesses that carry out foreign aid programs said they plan to contest a recent court ruling that empowers the Trump administration to unilaterally refuse to spend billions of dollars in funding approved by Congress.

Only the legislative branch can sue a presidential administration for making changes to congressionally approved budgets, the federal appeals court in DC ruled after looking at President Donald Trump’s administration ending planned grants for foreign aid.

Trump can now go ahead with cutting nearly $4 billion (£2.95b) for global health programmes through September.