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Reduce Foreign Aid - divert to, Health, Police, Military, and Pensioners
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86 signatures
What the petition asks
Foreign aid 11 billion budget to increase by £1 billion (That is money the UK Government borrows to give away).The UK spends more than any other country and is the second largest aid donor in the world (The Telegraph) Despite in 2015 UK government debt amounted to £1.56 trillion(economicshelp.org)
In January, it emerged that civil servants had gone on a £1billion spending spree over eight weeks last year to hit the government target of allocating 0.7 per cent of national income to overseas aid.
BRITAIN's spending on foreign aid will be LARGER than the entire Home Office budget in each of the next five years - reaching a staggering £16BILLION, it was revealed. Pakistan who is a Nuclear Power and not so long ago bought a fleet of fighters off the USA get the highest amount 351 million.
BRITAIN's spending on foreign aid will be LARGER than the entire Home Office budget in each of the next five years - reaching a staggering £16BILLION, it was revealed. Pakistan who is a Nuclear Power and not so long ago bought a fleet of fighters off the USA get the highest amount 351 million.
Timeline
| 8 Jun 2016 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 8 Dec 2016 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
86
Status
Closed
Opened
8 Jun 2016
Closed
8 Dec 2016
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.