Submitted on Thursday 9th February 2017
Rejected on Wednesday 15th February 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Reduce Foreign Aid spending to enable an increase in spending on Social Welfare.
The UK is committed to spending 0.7% of its national income on overseas aid. It is ludicrous to give away this money, much of which goes to countries with corrupt governments or to ridiculous schemes, while we in the UK are suffering a breakdown of our own social services due to a lack of funding.
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