Petition · past parliament

Abolish the mandatory Foreign Aid target and spend OUR money at home

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government currently spends 0.7% GDP on Foreign Aid. This means it will spend over £14bn of tax payers money on projects which could be better spent at home. By 2020 this figure will have risen to almost £16bn. We believe the Government should abolish the 0.7% GDP target for Foreign Aid.
Spend the money on our homeless veterans who have fought bravely for their country.

Why it was rejected

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

Timeline

8 May 2019 Petition opened for signatures
10 Jun 2019 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 10 Jun 2019

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