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Petition · past parliament

Spend 50% of Foreign aid budget​ on social care for next 3 fiscal years .

Rejected 18 signatures

What the petition asks

With shortage of resources priorities have to be set .
Time to put UK first for a while ?
Use 50% of foreign aid budget for next 3 years to improve things.

Why it was rejected

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

Divert 50% of the foreign aid budget to tackle social care for the aged in uk

Timeline

11 Mar 2017 Petition opened for signatures
20 Mar 2017 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 18
Status Rejected
Rejected 20 Mar 2017

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