Rejected petition Stop paying £billions in foreign aid and use the money for elderly care

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Why should David Cameron give 12 billion pounds away in foreign aid, when we cannot find the money for care for our elderly. It has been reported that the government wants to cut pensioners winter fuel allowance and bus passes etc, this is obscene while we are giving so much money away abroad.

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Date submitted 16 January 2013
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