UK foreign aid budget being spent in Britain - BBC Newsnight
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- Опубліковано 30 жов 2022
- The government is now spending more of the UK's foreign aid budget at home than on direct help for poor countries overseas, development experts say.
More than £4bn meant for development aid will be spent in Britain this year, largely to support rising numbers of asylum seekers and refugees.
This means less money can be spent elsewhere, because the total budget is capped at 0.5% of national income.
The government insists the UK remains one of the largest global aid donors.
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Only the BBC could think there's something wrong with the British government looking after British people
Spot on! The Anti-British broadcasting corp! They still hate Britain
Yeah they really are looking after British people aren't they? 😂
When is the TV licence enforcement officer coming round? You keep threatening me. I can't wait to get one of you scum in my home!
"Country spends its own money on its own citizens wellbeing"
Oh the horror!
😂😂😂👏👏👏👏
The UK has a £2.8T national debt, yet we're borrowing more money in order to give it away to other countries. There should be no foreign aid budget unless the government has a budget surplus. If these countries desperately need the money, they have the ability to borrow it themselves.
The countries can't afford to borrow due to low credit hence relying on foreign aid.
@@yootaobe5536 and that is our fault how?
Wars cost a lot. Wars caused human miseries and wars made people flee their countries and become refugees. Peace on earth, no more wars.
@@Roland_Tr909_Swing not saying it is, but without foreign aid contributing to global development in second & third world countries you end up with mass economic migration ala dinghies at dover.
UK isn’t exactly thriving right now, nor do we have an optimistic outlook for the coming decades. If we foresee a steady decline, then maybe we should focus on ourselves for the time being.
UK budget should be spent in UK since there is no appreciation from those third world countries anyway, none whatsoever
We need to support our own people first. Look at the giant budget deficit and massive national debt
Glad to see that you are beginning to see the stupidity of Brexit,Liam. Cut yourself off from your biggest market and “a giant budget deficit” is guaranteed.Shame,people weren’t bright enough to work that out.
ukrainians are our people?
Once Mighty Superpower Britain is now struggling to survive. A struggling nation cannot afford to donate but receive aid. Britain needs to receive aid from China, Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and Qatar.
@@rosegarden3687 Britain needs to give reparations for 200 years of colonization.
"BuT tHatS sOcIAlism"
Cant help migrants without being called a traitor.
Cant help our own without being called a socialist
Its like some people just want most of us to stay poor and not help each other out?
so many people living on the streets/doing it tough in their own country how do you explain to them that someone in a foreign country gets aid but no them?
And I can't get a GP appointment smh
Try claiming asylum
@@lif6737 I'm British. Obviously ur not aware of the thousands of mostly young men coming across the channel each year. No idea who they are but they get put in 4* hotels. The skip immigration. This country Is full
Come in on a dinghy everything free
LMAO
The Uk has to prioritize its citizens. That’s a fact
We prioritise making the rich richer ...
People in places somalia and Pakistan are truly suffering, not middle class Brits complaining over high housing prices.
@N people in Nigeria live in dirty polluted slums that aren't fit for human habitation.
Homeless people in the UK are like mice starving in the pantry, they are surrounded by opportunities to get back on their feet. Homeless shelters, free medical care, ample employment, rehab programs, food stamps, ect. They can also move in with a relative, if you pass up these second chances maybe the money should be spent improving the lives of truly needy people.
@@elpresidente1822 So what?
Nothing personal but when are we going to look after our own people, we have a cost of living crisis and a housing crisis. Charity starts at home.
How can we fix everyone? That's like saying don't give a penny to charity until your garden is perfect.
it's mostly for ukrainians not you
@the-union-jackass. When you have mis-managed the resources you have stolen from others, they are now required to feel sorry for you?! Nothing personal, but:
'Tis to laugh.
Charity perpetuates suffering and poverty.
If the government really cared about us they'd invest in the NHS, decent pay, decent hours, decent working conditions, more affordable homes and generally make life better materially.
But charity is a means of control if used properly.
Thomas sankara and the bukinabe knew this all too well.
Apparently, The UK spends over 10 billion Pounds a year on foreign aid, our NHS is just over 100 billion Pounds a year; how about we spend several years shoring up the NHS with about 10% more money and stop aid completely! I am sure after a few years' lack, foreign aid will be much more gratefully appreciated!
If we have to financially look after those coming over the Chanel then we can't be expected to pump money into the countries from where they came from or others. We are not a financial bottomless pit.
These illegal immigrants need fast tracking and deported asap 72 hours should be enough time 👍
Thank you 👍🇬🇧
yes you can just print more money! thats what leftists say
I also have issues with aiding countries that actively HATE us.
Foreign aid spent on foreigners in need. I can't see the difference between a foreigner in need in Syria or a foreigner in need in London. Geography doesn't really matter in that situation.
I recently saw a video of a British woman who works as a cleaner not able to afford living. She said toast was a luxury.
Many people waste money on non essentials first before buying food.
@@nineteen8026 Yes, true, but this particular woman was on a strict budget even before her heating costs doubled, etc. She explained how she often had to walk to work because she couldn't afford to take the bus.
@@SharonPiano8 That is true - transport and rent/mortgages are too high relative to todays income.
If people want to give overseas aid then it should be voluntarily not forced on British people who can hardly afford to look after themselves.
More than 25 percent of the aid money given by rich countries is not transferred to developing countries. And remaining 75% does not reach recipient directly passes through several NGO's each agency take a cut and with each cut there is less accotablity
Joke! Need to house the people who were born in this country properly first! Now there’s no chance!
Finally!! It needs to be spent in Britain!!!
But not to British people .
@@nylivehc9008 they will spend the money on our goods its the multiplier effect
@@nylivehc9008 well no, it will go to fund illegal channel crossers living in hotels. I mean come on, we are not savages.
UK needs the money more. Charity starts at home first.
Brition should always come first! Imagine putting extra £7million in our NHS a day could be a huge different from the mess today! Foreign aid should be abolished completely, and spend those money in our infrastructure and defence!
Good. We need to defend the realm before being a charity
@Real Aiglon I’d love to know your defence of giving foreign populations our own money during a living crisis. Enlighten us
If the UK is one of the biggest contributors, it is about time some other countries whether more powerful or less stepped in and gave the UK a break. We are in a mess ourselves at the moment, that money should be used on us.
We are already in massive debt, a cost of living crisis, the NHS is failing, education is lacking and pensioners get paid peanuts. Yet we send out billions a year in foreign aid and also help the most vulnerable who travel to our land (refugees, illegal immigrants etc.) just for us to be tarnished as an intolerant, ignorant and selfish nation.
Though, let’s not forget that a lot of other countries choose to ignore these types of people and put a lot of the blame on us for apparently not doing the job properly when they don’t want to deal with it themselves. Whereas the british people are just told to put up and shut up, with our streets getting ever more dangerous and our futures uncertain by the day.
Hard working British people are fed up with this lingo, who go about their day to day lives plodding along and struggling to get by themselves. There are way too many problems at home, and it is about time we truly exploit that “selfish” narrative that everyone loves to project on us and look after our own, because no other nations appreciate our countries genoristy! And once we back off I’m sure they’ll realise they have some big shoes to fill.
We need trade, not aid. Aid typically comes with strings and is a political tool to shape the world in our own image. Or it's purpose is to bolster our own self image and reputation abroad (cheaper than Saatchi & Saatchi, I suppose). Given it is not even voluntary, it is the government giving away our money, it can hardly be called "charity".
Though I admire and even love England, I have worked for mostly everything I have received and felt deeply ashamed when I needed or received something for free. Many times I've put myself in tough and hard-to-bear circumstances just to avoid asking things for free, but yeah, it's awkward to give to others when they don't even respect your country and take you for fools.
Cynic. Soft power is more powerful than military might. As Putin will learn. How’s “trade” going? Trade is also used to manipulate & destroy. Ask China.
@@danielandronic9749 Do they disrespect England and can they really help themselves? Most are children.
If you have nothing, how can you do a trade? There is no such thing as free lunch. If you don't like it, don't accept it.
Oh great! The trade deal with Australia will increase GDP by 0.08% by 2035. I'm sure glad we Brexited and increased trade.
Expected especially with the cost of living crisis
You got all your cousins over here already, Abdul?
@@BeBe-vh4ry yh and we're pounding all the white girls in our gangs, cvmskin 😂😂😂
@@BeBe-vh4ry Britain will soon be majority non white praise be to God!
it's for ukrainians though lmao
@@asadmalik2464 Nice, show everyone how strong diversity is, and how civilised you brown people are 👌🏻
Foreign aid most of the time is like giving a junkie another dose, does no0t fix anything, some people never learn
I think it’s important to help your neighbors but if the people over in the UK are struggling I think there tax dollars need to feed there family’s first. Imo
You mean Pounds, that is the currency of the UK.
@@felixdatche9278 right pounds 😅
@@felixdatche9278 tbh it's a catchphrase
Charity begins at home
Yes true but ur rooting 4 putin shows just how much charity he puts back into the community. By the state of ur infracture n standards of living, putin has not done that. Rather spend it on invading another countty
@Richard Derbyshire What are u talking about. This had nothing to do with ppl crossing the channel so not sure why u felt u had to make it about that. I'm very aware of the thousands each year crossing the channel illegally and why
@@jaxxoceans3866 why? Because Muslim countries apparently have no interest in caring for their ppl. Who flock in droves to “Western, evil, white” countries for a better life, while simultaneously hating us.
@Real Aiglon yes of course I have. Aid cut but Britain is struggling rn. I replied to the comment left by rooting for putin
Cope
Have no problem with foreign aid if it goes to actually improving a poor nation. But to me it never does, and ends up in the hands of a dictator.
If they actually gave out data that shows what has been achieved with the money then I might be more supportive.
The BBC needs to step out of their ivory tower in London and go to the parts of the country that have been devastated by both Brexit, the pandemic, corruption, negligence and poor leadership. Check out the series ‘ *anywhere* *but* *westminister* ‘
Devastated by Brexit? The only place devastated by Brexit are the brothels and high end restaurants in Brussels because the kleptocrats have less money to steal.
good its about time the uk started helping its own
All foreign aid should be suspended until we’ve given aid to our own citizens.
Noooo
Do it 🙂trade is better way to help poor countries then aid
Britain needs to help its own people before it starts to look at the world.
If a country cant "aid" its own people then it becomes a joke of the world. We are already a hot topic in stand up comedy.
You need to give $2 trillion reparations for 200 years of colonization.
@@truethat7681 what a load of bollox. Generations ago so not a chance,
Ok but you can't demand every single person is mentally and physically healthy, has two cars and a semi detached home, before sending a penny overseas because it just won't work. You can't 'fix' everyone
@@troywright359 who was demanding that?
@@snowythesamoyed1238 you need to pay for the damages that were done generations ago.
Mmm I think we should look after ourselves before we look after others.
Exactly. Handouts to other countries must stop.
UK's reputation going down the drain though
@@calvinhoward3808But at least the government would be putting the people and the country first for a change
@@calvinhoward3808 Yes, let's bankrupt ourselves because some third world dump somewhere might think less of us (!)
I mean one who can't make both ends meet at home, surely won't think of doing charity🤷🏻♀️
That's why muslim countries never give aid🤣
Overs sea aid should be put to the uk pensioners as they paid taxes for the last 50yrs
It’s a blessing in disguise. No more strings attached and the associated cost. And believe me that ‘aid’ was expensive.
Money doesn’t grow on trees so it is perfectly reasonable to cut other spendings.
And I really don’t see what else could or should be cut, especially since helping refugees IS foreign help.
I mean the responsibility of a government lies with its own citizens first, a fact that has been ignored in my west European home country for decades already and has begun to have serious and very worrisome consequences.
Even if money did grow on trees... all the deforestation means that some people are profiting from the removal of the all the trees... money trees included.
Let’s just plant another money tree !
Charity begins at home - just like it would in the town of Chillingbourne.
Goes from your bank to their leader’s bank
No one helped
India is a net aid donating nation. Former Indian President has said UK to stop sending 'aid' ($55M usd, which is 0.000018% of India's GDP ) back in 2012.
Spreading british soft power? That's so ironic and uncandid
Thanks to generosity and humanity of UK
And it has to stop. We need that money here in the UK.
You're welcome!
You pay for them then 😂😂😂😂😂
Good, it should all be spent here and not to build palaces for foreign dictators!
*Uk need AID for UK housing crisis* 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Excellent charity begins at home
Charity begins at home.
Charity begins at home...... we must look after our own
They must also stop broadcasting bbc some money can be saved.
UK needs to give $2 trillion reparations for 200 years of colonization.
I wish the best for everyone!!!
Oh really, people that say that are not affected by this immigration. YET!
Yet another step closer to Great Britain dropping the "Great" and stumbling into 3rd World status. They only have themself to blame.
Thanks to the tax payers money. This needs to stop as the UK needs this money, even more now with the cost of living.
The right-wing should be ashamed of themselves.
They know no shame. Their clear goal is to aid those that don’t need it. Tax breaks for the wealthiest.
The budget is not actually cut , it"s being used in this country for the same foreigners ............
On all the foreigners here probably! And why not?
So it should ! We need to stop being a soft touch
Dont be fooled anyone!! Even with these measures, We are still the most generous country on Earth!!
Only one word needed...GOOD...
Greatly thanks to the support from England of the Commonwealth of India.
The money they have looted and people they have killed and suffered due to their atrocities are much greater than what they are giving back.
Let not forget money spend by GOI in giving fertiliser subsidy is much greater than UK money they are peanut for india.
India is the net aid donor. Former Indian President has said UK to stop sending 'aid' ($55M usd, which is 0.000018% of India's GDP ) back in 2012.
@@robox9225 christ all those people are dead now stfu
@@atomictraveller Just send those historical artifacts back.
India is a Republic,not a Commonwealth Realm. India has President as it's Head of state, not King/Queen like UK,Canada, Australia, New Zealand.
The worlds suffering hard 😢
Who created these poor people? Colonial UK
We spend way too much on the buggers. We should cut it right back to hardly anything. That money is needed here for our own people. We have so many needy here, people with no homes, very little to eat, old and infirm with no heat. Charity begins at home. When we have sorted out our own then we can help others.
The Earth is a sinking ship. Those on life rafts can only take in so many before they sink themselves.
A shame! Are you starving in England?? No? and many countries are starving!
Yes, many people are going cold and hungry in England. They're also expected to keep going to work while their health deteriorates, so, get the facts right buddy.
F them, and F you
Cuts are being made across the board, foreign aid is not being singled out, fact is we have a gaping hole in our finances and until we fix it the spending has to be reigned in, just because the budget was reduced this year does not mean it will be increased again next year, we won’t be able to help anyone if we’re bankrupt
The problem is the aid seems to help keep these countries dependent and doesn't seem to be spent much on projects and schemes to help these countries become financially less dependent, plus the hot climates don't help with things like droughts.
As Britain is in a shocking state itself, seems logical to cut overseas spending and spend that money here where its desperately needed, we have people here not able to get homes (myself included), no NHS dentists, food crises, etc, and rebuild our economy first.
3b is nothing when they spent 10b on fixing Big Ben and 50b for that H1 railway
We have people in need of aid here
This sounds great! Spend the money on the foreign citizens coming here first. It’ll have to come from somewhere, why shouldn’t it be considered foreign aid?
Now is a time to focus inwards. We are elephants on stilts.
10000000% right our people first our tax money
A global leader in giving money away- utter stupidity, when the uk is in such a state.
Aid that can't alleviate the amount sufferings people go through is nothing to write home about
If you don't like it then why are you still mooching off of it?
Makes sense. The foreign is pouring across the border into the UK so the aid is spent within the UK.
UK should ask for aid..
What's wrong with UK taxpayers'money being spent on them?
There are children starving and freezing in the UK that need to be helped first, then the burden of channel migrants, easy for Middle class and well paid BBC reporters to point the finger and say shame, while working class Britons go cold and hungry.
A nice view of Bradford !
They are all in Britain now so makes sense
The country needs to support it's own before it can help others.
I wonder how many people are employed in the aid sector in UK?
Maybe the BBC could help them , instead of Lineker
Where it should be spent!.
What happened to the resources the British looted from the colonies? Please don't attack me. I am not asking this in a malicious way. I just want to know.
Good.
More like a honey pot drawing in migrants.
Why budget for international aid at all?
That sounds more like the job of a charity or humanitarian organization
And after all that not a word of thanks, just give us more!
0.7 goes to 0.4 and that results in a 75% decrease right…
Every country in the world should help...not only uk...uk dose more charity and aid work than any country...
end foreign aid. the UK people need it
There's so many immigrants/refugees here, we need to hold back on foreign aid to fund them to live here, its costing us over £5m per day for asylum seekers alone
A lot of people would really appreciate your insight into the immigration issue please. 1 in 5 people in the U.K. were not born here. It is proposed that the only way to get control of our boarders is to come out of the 1951 and 1953 refugee conventions where a huge number of excuses can be justified. The lawyers twist these 70 year old rules for a purpose they were never intended - is the solution that every MP needs to be pushed on this - barraged with emails and letters
Not new. Don’t act Like it left Britain before.
Whats wrong with that ?
Its very sad to see this
We pay too much, simple!
OH THE SHAME!!! When we could be buying the Indians a new space rocket or giving our taxes to the CCP, this is an OUTRAGE!
**literally shakes**
Who is buying India a space rocket?
India is a net aid donating nation.
@@jirachi-wishmaker9242 So we can stop giving handoutsn to India then.
@@cockneycharm3970 Former President has said stop sending those 'peanuts'. It's 0.000018% of India's GDP.
@@cockneycharm3970 how much did you have given?
@@sanjaiyadav2080 My tax money goes to this thank you. Plus we need the money here in the UK.
You must be really out of touch wirh the ground reality to expect UK to keep the foreign aid budget in tact in these times of crisis.. UK must first and forwmost fund its domestic problems and then foreign aid..
Well at least it is being used to benefit foreign people, that is what this money is supposed to be used for isn't it?
This is a very good thing, hopefully other countries follow suit
1/5TH OF AID NEVER LEAVES DONOR COUNTRIES