Overseas aid

[kestrelg]

In a recent news item it was stated that the British government "donates several hundred millions of pounds a year in aid to India" and went on to say that if the Tories were elected they would not change it..
My question is " If so much is given to India is there any way of finding out what is the overall total we donate to the rest of the world"

[jake-the-peg]

Ashamed to call yourself British Northern Mokey?

Fair enough I think many of us who think children dying of malnutrition and disease in other countries deserve a bit of a hand from us

Well we probably are ashamed to call you British too!

[northernmonkey]

Let me rephrase this Jake
It's saddening of course knowing the current situation in some countries such as dying children/adults due to malnutrition BUT at the same time we have got the soldiers currently on the front line - risking there life every single minute of every single day - and anything that is able to help them or in some way offer them better protection then it should not be questioned - Any thing possible ££ after ensuring things that matter have been covered then yeah no problem - give to india ect

[I.Don No]

I am even more annoyed that we give overseas aid now I see, via a posting above, that India is the 10th highest spender on their military.

And before anyone else says that I do not care about children dying, I do care, more, it seems, than Indian millionaires care.

If these countries to which we send aid got their priorities right first and there were still starving and needy people in their country then I would gladly agree to my tax pounds giving a helping hand.