UK foreign aid being spent in Britain passes £4bn mark, experts say

HomeUK Politics

UK foreign aid being spent in Britain passes £4bn mark, experts say

One of the experts who carried out the calculations, Prof Dercon, said: “Within the fixed 0.5 ODA budget, the UK is now spending more of its development budget inside the UK than inside poor developing countries. One area in which ODA costs are soaring are the refugee and asylum seekers costs, mainly for Ukraine. www.bbc.co.uk

One of the experts who carried out the calculations, Prof Dercon, said: “Within the fixed 0.5 ODA budget, the UK is now spending more of its development budget inside the UK than inside poor developing countries. One area in which ODA costs are soaring are the refugee and asylum seekers costs, mainly for Ukraine.

www.bbc.co.uk