The_DADDY Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 The country is skint. There isn't enough housing, schools, hospitals, prisons, Ex forces personnel forced to live in the streets etc etc etc...... Yet we give Billions away in foreign aid. Should we stop doing this until we get our own house in order first? Sure we can still give disaster relief when disasters happen but routinely giving away stacks of cash? No. It needs to stop in my humble opinion. Your thoughts? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Bundy Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 We ain't daft, we help them and further down the line we get contracts. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkieontheTyne Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Good point The DADDY. I support several charities, 3 are in my will. But I won’t contribute if the charity supports “good causes” abroad. That old adage charity begins at home rings true with me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyrotequila Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 17 minutes ago, Al Bundy said: We ain't daft, we help them and further down the line we get contracts. This is probably why we send aid. Countries are more likely to be friendly with countries that "help" them. As frustrating as it is that we send aid to countries that don't need any. Countries with their own space programs and nuclear weapons for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 30 minutes ago, The_DADDY said: The country is skint. There isn't enough housing, schools, hospitals, prisons, Ex forces personnel forced to live in the streets etc etc etc...... Yet we give Billions away in foreign aid. Should we stop doing this until we get our own house in order first? Sure we can still give disaster relief when disasters happen but routinely giving away stacks of cash? No. It needs to stop in my humble opinion. Your thoughts? Yes . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Cid Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Press release UK government support for developing countries to tackle climate change New £160 million funding to help reduce emissions and lower costs in developing countries. From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, The Rt Hon Claire Coutinho MP and The Rt Hon Graham Stuart MP Published 21 September 2023 I wonder if that is part of the aid budget, it looks like they are announcing more spending. Is it just like me putting £5 in the charity box? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cressida Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 Certainly reduce it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaz 786 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 1 hour ago, The_DADDY said: The country is skint. There isn't enough housing, schools, hospitals, prisons, Ex forces personnel forced to live in the streets etc etc etc...... Yet we give Billions away in foreign aid. Should we stop doing this until we get our own house in order first? Sure we can still give disaster relief when disasters happen but routinely giving away stacks of cash? No. It needs to stop in my humble opinion. Your thoughts? Yes charity begins at home . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peak4 Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 None of this of course is as simple as it seems. Something in the order of 27% of the Foreign Aid budget is spent on asylum seeker's accommodation & food in the UK whilst they await processing. I wonder who the actual recipients are and how much of their profit goes straight into offshore tax havens. This one happens to be from the Guardian, as it avoids paywalls, though there are plenty of other sources. Spending foreign aid budget on refugees in UK is ‘wreaking havoc’, says watchdog Government’s aid watchdog says Foreign Office taking ‘financial hit’ for Home Office overspending The UK government’s decision to use the overseas aid budget to pay for supporting refugees in Britain is “wreaking havoc” with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s development partnerships, an official government watchdog said on Wednesday after it was revealed that £4.3bn was diverted to support refugees in 2023. The actual documentation is here; The UK aid budget and support for refugees in the UK in 2022/23 House of Commons Library, and has updates for later years Companies providing housing for UK asylum seekers make £113m profit Guardian again Combined profits of Clearsprings Ready Homes and Stay Belvedere Hotels prompt criticism from refugee charities Two private companies supplying accommodation for asylum seekers to the Home Office have made a record combined profit of more than £113m, according to their most recently published accounts. Clearsprings Ready Homes is one of three private companies that has contracts with the Home Office to provide asylum accommodation. It is the company’s sole business. It made £62.5m in profits after tax for the year ending January 2023, more than double its profits of £28m the previous year. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cuttsie Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 We in the UK live like lords even the poorest among us , It is a different matter in other parts of the Planet , Some people have no running water , others not much food , others under bent Leaders and Governments, Some women are little more than slaves having to cover up all parts of their bodies not being allowed education or a choice in who to marry etc. Some kids in mostly African countries living with blindness or deformity , no one cares for them inc the corrupt so called leaders. If a quid or two of my meagre O A pension can help then i will give it just the same as do for a homeless person sat on a pavement in Town,(take a walk in their life before you jump on the bandwagon ) . There but for the grace of life go al;l of us . 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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