This petition was submitted during the 2020-2024 Conservative government
Rejected petition Scrap the foreign aid budget to pay of the uk debt and better fund the NHS.
Scrap the foreign aid budget and divert funds to the nhs and uk debt.
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Every year £14bn + goes to other countries and there's no proof that it is actually helping, quite the opposite actually .
This is uk tax payers money and should be used in the uk.we are £2 trillion in debt and have an underfunded nhs.
Due to covid 19 we will be further in debt after a decade of austerity.
Time to keep our money here.
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