Scandal Of Our Money To Wealthy Nations.

EU channels significant amount of UK aid to wealthy countriesThe front page of the Sunday Telegraph reported that a significant amount of UK foreign aid is channelled through the EU to middle and higher income countries. Open Europe’s Stephen Booth was quoted as saying, “That UK taxpayers’ money can be handed over and spent in a way that the Government actively disagrees with, perfectly illustrates the lack of accountability inherent in the EU budget. In on-going EU budget talks, the Government must seek to re-establish the link between UK objectives and EU spending.” Stephen is also quoted in today’s Express. (OE)

The Sunday Times reported that EuropeAid, the EU body which oversees the distribution of aid money from Britain’s Department for International Development (Dfid) and other EU members, spends over £1.3bn a year on contracts with consultancies. The article also cites Open Europe’s finding that in 2009 Barbados had received more than 35 times more aid for each person than Bangladesh.
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