British aid cash secretly being sent to world’s second biggest economic power China
‘Britain has been secretly sending millions of pounds in aid to China over the past six years, a period in which the UK has done all it can to cultivate a new ‘golden era’ of ties with Beijing.
It’s been revealed that the Department for International Development’s (DFID) official figures on aid spending are actually wrong.
The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) revealed the true figure in a report published on Wednesday, in which it found that ministers have “not clearly communicated to the public” continued aid spending on China. An investigation set up to scrutinize aid payments found that the UK continues to spend £10 million a year on initiatives in China managed from the UK.’
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