Rejected petition End foreign/international/overseas aid until 2025

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The amount spent on foreign/international/overseas aid is unaffordable in the current financial climate. Particularly as much aid is lost to corruption and fraud. Foreign aid cannot be justified when the UK is enduring crushing austerity. Close down the Department for International Development as it is,at best, incompetent. The UK to reconsider the provision of aid in 2025.

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Date submitted 3 December 2011
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