Submitted on Saturday 20th February 2021
Rejected on Monday 8th March 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Maintain the Foreign Aid Budget at 0.7% National Income
We implore the government not to reduce the Foreign Aid Budget in the Spending Review but rather utilise the whole £20 billion budget to freely provide vaccines to poorer countries and grants to support their basic infrastructure industries where these are in danger of collapsing.
The Covid pandemic has hit all countries and whilst the richer and more technically advanced countries have been able to develop and manufacture vaccines and engage in mass vaccination programs, the smaller and poorer countries have been left behind unable to afford a mass vaccination program.
The pandemic is an opportunity for the UK to demonstrate to the world our commitment to provide vaccines, save lives and rebuild industries of the poorer nations. It is not a time to reduce the Foreign Aid Budget from 0.7% to 0.5% of the national Income. The savings achieved by this reduction will amount to about £6 billion pounds but if this sum is spread around the globe to the poor countries less able to protect themselves from this pandemic the impact can be tremendous in saving lives.
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Do not reduce the overseas aid budget (from 0.7% GDP)
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