Aid is spent where it is most needed and all spending is rigorously checked as programmes progress. My ministerial colleagues have taken steps to make our aid spending more accountable and focused, by reforming Britain’s aid strategy, cutting wasteful programmes and making sure spending is firmly in our national interest. Together with an increased Defence budget and our world class diplomatic service, our aid programme is helping to create a more prosperous and stable world in which we can stand tall and flourish.
This is an approach that works; it has helped reduce the threat to the UK from Ebola in West Africa, it is targeting the root causes of the migration crisis, and it is increasing economic prospects in fragile states to counter extremism and help build our future trading partners.
By Patrick McLoughlin on June 07, 2016