Petition · past parliament

Stop international aid

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

We have no problem helping anyone in times of need (tsunami earthquake or famine) however we give away billions every year.
Why are we the tax payers paying to support countries and nothing changes.

In time of emergency we have no problem. But you send money every year abroad yet ignore us.

The people that suffer winter floods homeless and hungry people get little help. Our industry and small businesses suffer and get nothing.

The NHS Police and Fire services struggle like our armed forces. Business struggles.

BUT STILL YOU SEND MONEY ABROAD.

CHAIRTY BEGINS AT HOME.

Why it was rejected

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

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Abolish the mandatory 0.7% GDP Foreign Aid target and spend our money at home: Abolish the mandatory 0.7% GDP Foreign Aid target and spend our money at home

Use money from the foreign aid budget to Support UK in the Covid 19 crisis: Use money from the foreign aid budget to Support UK in the Covid 19 crisis

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https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/

The Government has also created an online service to help you find out what you can do if you’re struggling because of coronavirus: https://www.gov.uk/find-coronavirus-support

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You can read impartial analysis of the Government response to coronavirus and policy developments here: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/coronavirus/

You may also be interested to know that because of the large number of petitions that have been started in relation to coronavirus, the Petitions Committee has been questioning the Government about its response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Find out more: https://committees.parliament.uk/work/192/the-governments-response-to-coronavirus/

Timeline

15 Apr 2020 Petition opened for signatures
18 Jun 2020 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13
Status Rejected
Rejected 18 Jun 2020

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