Rejected petition David Cameron; Scrap foreign aid and spend the money on British flood defenses.

Foreign aid spending is currently at £12 Billion per year and will rise to £16 Billion per year by 2020.

As a comparison, this is half of the UK government housing budget for 2015 (£25bn).

This will increase national debt by at least £125bn by the next election.

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- A large proportion of the aid goes to nations with a space agency
(Source, Mail Online, 9th August 2013)

- A proportion of the cash is given to the top 20 most corrupt nations.
(Source, Mail Online, 28th December 2015)

- UK Government debt is currently at £1.6 Trillion (£1,600 BILLION).
(Source ONS, March 2015)

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Date submitted 28 December 2015
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