British Overseas Aid?

[Halibut]

And £70 million of peanuts, 'donated' by UK tax payers, thrown into UK social care or one of our other neglected sectors would be most welcome here.

 

If you want increased spending on social care and other important public services, vote Labour.

[Baron99]

If you want increased spending on social care and other important public services, vote Labour.

 

And would that stop the futility of throwing UK tax payers money at overseas problems that are not of our making, when that money should be spent at home.

[Lockdoctor]

The UK is to give an immediate £70 million to the Rohingya in Bangladesh.

 

At a time of cutbacks here in the UK with council taxpayers having to pay additional tax to fund social care.& the NHS facing cutbacks, how can this be justified?

 

Of course there won't be any criticism from any of the main political parties, other than that some will probably decla it's not enough.

 

The UK is a very wealthy country. How can it not be justified?

Today’s UK aid is expected to provide up to:

200,000 people with the necessary materials to strengthen their shelters;

300,000 people with food assistance and clean water;

30,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women and 120,000 under-fives with emergency nutrition;

50,000 women – many of whom will give birth during the rainy season – to have access to midwifery care;

52,900 women and girls to have access to bathing cubicles; and

50,000 people to have access to healthcare services.

International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt said:

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-aid-to-help-people-in-coxs-bazar-ahead-of-monsoon-season

[El Cid]

And would that stop the futility of throwing UK tax payers money at overseas problems that are not of our making, when that money should be spent at home.

 

 

UK bombs and missiles dropped in Syria and Iraq From 1 January - 9 April 2017 129 Paveway IV bombs, 37 Hellfire missiles, 20 Brimstone missiles, 30 Unspecified / other; Ministry of Defence.

 

The conflict in Syria is entering its eigth year, the country and its people are in crisis. More than 11.6 million people have fled their homes because of fighting and over five million now live as refugees.

[mafya]

UK bombs and missiles dropped in Syria and Iraq From 1 January - 9 April 2017 129 Paveway IV bombs, 37 Hellfire missiles, 20 Brimstone missiles, 30 Unspecified / other; Ministry of Defence.

 

The conflict in Syria is entering its eigth year, the country and its people are in crisis. More than 11.6 million people have fled their homes because of fighting and over five million now live as refugees.

 

I wonder what the cost of the bombs was in £s?