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Petition · past parliament

Divert overseas aid to help the flood victims of the UK.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

11.4 billion of the UK Governments Overseas Aid Budget needs to be diverted to help flood victims of the UK to avert further disasters and misery. We the assigned agree that the UK government needs to act ASAP!
http://www.theweek.co.uk/refugee-crisis/63394/foreign-aid-how-does-britain-spend-its-overseas-aid-budget

News and media coverage of flooding within the UK and Ireland!

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

Reduce Foreign Aid budget and allocate more money for UK disasters.

Timeline

27 Dec 2015 Petition opened for signatures
29 Dec 2015 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 29 Dec 2015

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.