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| The inquiry was ordered by International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell |
Britain freezes millions in aid to 16 countries after inquiry discovers they are actually no longer in poverty
27th February 2011
By Daniel Martin
Britain is to stop giving aid to 16 countries after a major review found they were no longer in poverty.
Countries such as Russia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Moldova and Serbia will be stripped of millions of pounds a year, following the inquiry ordered by International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell.
Aid to India – which can afford its own space programme – will also be frozen.
But vast amounts of extra money – 30 per cent of the entire aid budget – will be pumped into unstable terrorist hotspots such as Yemen and Somalia, in a bid to help them to crack down on citizens exporting violence.
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