Following the scandalous revelations that the Government has
been giving £1bn of taxpayers cash direct to
individuals in Pakistan, Lisa Duffy, the UKIP Aid
spokesman said: ‘It is impossible to justify that over the last
five years over £1bn of our foreign aid budget has been given
away in cash. This is just one example of where the UK
taxpayers’ money is not being used wisely, we in UKIP are
calling for the foreign aid budget to be reduced
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Following the scandalous revelations that the Government has
been giving £1bn of taxpayers cash direct to
individuals in Pakistan, Lisa Duffy, the UKIP Aid
spokesman said:
‘It is impossible to justify that over the last five years
over £1bn of our foreign aid budget has been
given away in cash. This is just one example of
where the UK taxpayers’ money is not being used
wisely, we in UKIP are calling for the foreign
aid budget to be reduced by £9bn, freeing up
resources for the priorities of the British
people such as Adult social care. The foreign aid
budget should be spent on prioritizing emergency
aid, health and inoculation programs
and initiatives that provide sanitation and clean
water.
Surely common-sense tells us that giving cash handouts in a
country that has its own nuclear weapons and
space programs is simply wrong. Our own UK
taxpayers’ are facing more and more cuts on a daily
basis whilst we are providing benefits to the
citizens of Pakistan.
It is time our Government became more accountable with our
foreign aid budget and started working towards
free and fair trade by opening up Britain’s huge
consumer markets.
That is the best path to prosperity for the world’s poorest
people.’
