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Petition · past parliament

Reduce the Foreign aid budget to pay for the NHS.

Rejected 15 signatures

What the petition asks

The UK spends more than THREE TIMES on foreign aid than rest of world, study shows.
13 Billion of tax payers money.

Why it was rejected

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

Cut the "Aid budget" to other countries and use it to help our struggling NHS

Timeline

12 Jan 2018 Petition opened for signatures
22 Jan 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 15
Status Rejected
Rejected 22 Jan 2018

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