Britain Increased Its Handouts To
Britain increased its handouts to [/news/china/index.html China] last year as the Government overshot its [/news/foreignaid/index.html foreign aid] target by almost £100million.
Schemes funded by UK taxpayers included a photography project to understand the country's past, syphilis tests for gay men and improving cancer screening in rural areas.
Despite a promise a decade ago to stop sending cash to the world's second largest economy, bilateral aid spending in China soared by £12.3million in a year to £67.9million in 2019.
More cash from the UK will have been given through international bodies such as the [/news/united-nations/index.html United Nations] and EU.
Britain increased its handouts to China last year as the Government overshot its foreign aid target by almost £100million. Pictured: Chinese children line up under the supervision of a teacher at a kindergarten playground in Beijing
Despite a promise a decade ago to stop sending cash to the world's second largest economy, bilateral aid spending in China soared by £12.3million in a year to £67.9million in 2019.
Pictured: Chinese astronauts Fei Junlong (left) and Nie Haisheng (right) wave as they walk to the launch tower of the Jiuquan Satellite
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The Government is legally committed to spending 0.7 per cent of gross national income on developing countries.
Figures released yesterday showed ministers not only met the target, but exceeded it by £92million.
The total spent on the foreign aid budget rose by £645million to reach £15.2billion for the first time last year.
The top handouts were £305million for Pakistan, tour Lệ Giang £300million for kynghidongduong.vn Ethiopia and £292million for Afghanistan.
<div class="art-ins mol-factbox floatRHS news" data-version="2" id="mol-0eea9180-feb9-11ea-9a69-0f6e18d9ed07" website gives £67.9m in foreign aid to China in the last year
