Britain’s Foreign Aid Budget Contradicts Its National Interests – Ex-Minister

‘Britain’s overseas aid programs undermine the country’s national interests and “broader ethical concerns” and should be scrapped or reformed, a former minister has said.
Grant Shapps, an ex-minister in the Department for International Development (DfID), said the goals of the Foreign Office and the aid department contradicted one another.
Writing in the Sunday Times, Shapps said DfID seems happy to turn a blind eye to “minor” abuses carried out by nations receiving the aid.
The Tory MP said he “agonized” for more than a year before going public about his criticisms of DfID.’
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