Hundreds ofMillions to be cut from Foreign Aid budget.

[Blf]

Right or Wrong?
Prior to the pandemic I thought we should look at who the aid was going to and how it was spent. However I don't think the timing is right to do this for a while.

 

[Same_as_before]

Right or Wrong?
Prior to the pandemic I thought we should look at who the aid was going to and how it was spent. However I don't think the timing is right to do this for a while.

Wrong, we can spend any amount of money in a year, we should be ashamed

 

[Laughing]

I think it's wrong to cut the FA budget but can understand people who think we shouldn't be helping poor countries when our borrowing is so high. They don't really understand the purpose of foriegn aid, but it is probably popular with Britain first types.

 

[NorthumberlandBoro]

Do the free vaccine exports come out of the budget, or are they on top of?

 

[Chris_Boro]

Foreign aid is an investment in future trade and influence. This is an ideological desire by the Tories to appeal to the lowest denominator.

It will make this country poorer and smaller as a result.

 

[tripleheader]

Cutting foreign aid, and still tied into financial commitments to the EU, spent over £400B due to Covid. Glad it's not me making the decisions, but if it were, I would not have cut the level of foreign aid. However it is claimed we will still contribute more than the any of the other G7 countries.

 

[Colgates_shaving_foam]

To shrink our overseas aid budget diminishes us all.

 

[Blf]

Do the free vaccine exports come out of the budget, or are they on top of?

No I think we paid an extra £250,000,000 to Covax to help get more vaccines into countries who are struggling to pay .

 

[Colin Warnek]

Absolutely right. It is from a bygone era and prone to scalping. A classic forte of the retired career politician. Blair Cameron and Miliband’s pie among others.

 

[TheLodger]

Wrong. If it's deemed by popular opinion (usually because of some falsely reported story) that it's getting wasted, then get the people who arrange it to police it correctly and make sure it goes to the places it is really needed and deserves to go.

 

[Block 86]

Its fine that our Foreign Aid Budget is to be cut back.
Why should we still shell out to countries that have nuclear weaponry and space exploration.

 

[Joy_Division_Oven_Gloves]

We should be able to afford it given that we are £350m better off every week now we are out of Europe

 

[Lottowyn]

We should be helping poor nations, but a lot of this money goes into the pockets of extremely dodgy leaders.

 

[jam69]

Wrong and shortsighted, but its a vote winner, the racists love it

 

[RedAsABeetroot]

Its fine that our Foreign Aid Budget is to be cut back.
Why should we still shell out to countries that have nuclear weaponry and space exploration.

Or alternatively we could keep the same budget and redirect funds away from such countries.

 

[Randy]

Or alternatively we could keep the same budget and redirect funds away from such countries.

There are some countries receiving it that make sense and some that don't.

Why for example do we give funds to China and Pakistan? Both nuclear powers, China, the only country in the last 12 months to grow GDP.

 

[Abel Tasman]

There are some countries receiving it that make sense and some that don't.

Why for example do we give funds to China and Pakistan? Both nuclear powers, China, the only country in the last 12 months to grow GDP.

It doesn’t make sense you’re right until you dig deeper. The aid in the way me and you would define it - giving money to a country with no expectation of a return is seemingly not the case with China. The figure broken down is seemingly spent in many ways to support infrastructure in China which in turn brings us a dividend benefit.

 

[Randy]

It doesn’t make sense you’re right until you dig deeper. The aid in the way me and you would define it - giving money to a country with no expectation of a return is seemingly not the case with China. The figure broken down is seemingly spent in many ways to support infrastructure in China which in turn brings us a dividend benefit.

Why can't the Chinese do that themselves?
Again, the only country in the last twelve months to grow GDP and amongst the richest in the world. It's not a case of defining aid one way or another. The money sent to China would.be better spent on this country helping homeless people off of our streets or distributing more to the poorer African countries to bring them up.

 

[Abel Tasman]

Why can't the Chinese do that themselves?
Again, the only country in the last twelve months to grow GDP and amongst the richest in the world. It's not a case of defining aid one way or another. The money sent to China would.be better spent on this country helping homeless people off of our streets or distributing more to the poorer African countries to bring them up.

Well as I repeat it’s money spent in the country to benefit UK. It’s not humanitarian aid.

 

[SmallTown]

There are some countries receiving it that make sense and some that don't.

Why for example do we give funds to China and Pakistan? Both nuclear powers, China, the only country in the last 12 months to grow GDP.

Soon to become the words only superpower. I'm not saying it's right but it pays to keep dictators sweet if they are powerful enough.