Petition · past parliament

Stop using taxpayers money for foreign aid. When it could be used by the NHS.

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

We as a nation have always been generous but we have to know when the British taxpayers money could be best used elsewhere. We have a struggling NHS, homeless veterans and schools struggling for cash to name a few. Stop sending out money overseas and use it in the UK, Listen to the people.
in excess of 1 billion of our money needs to stay in the UK, this amount is getting larger every year ...STOP NOW

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/636609/Foreign-aid-spending-TREBLES-as-watchdog-warns-there-could-be-NO-END-to-Britain-s-largesse?_ga=1.15050676.322070449.1459769090

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

9 Apr 2016 Petition opened for signatures
11 Apr 2016 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 11 Apr 2016

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