Our foreign aid spend is totally bonkers and represents a betrayal of British people, says Matt Goodwin

Well, 64 per cent of Brits, nearly two-thirds of people, think we should reduce our foreign aid budget, according to a new poll by YouGov, prioritising very real public concerns.

Our government appears to prioritise international commitments over the domestic needs of our own people.

Matt Goodwin questioned if Britain is spending too much on foreign aid on GB News

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In 2023, the UK’s foreign aid budget reached a whopping £15.3 billion, with £4.3 billion of this sum allocated to domestic refugee programs. A significant increase of £583 million from 2022.

However, concerns have emerged about the allocation of funds to certain recipient countries and the potential misuse of aid.

Consider just some of these numbers. Of this £15.3 billion, we sent over £115 million to Afghanistan. They’re a country run by the Taliban which means funds could be used to inadvertently support rebuilding efforts under Taliban control.

Somalia received £98 million, a country which has a history of UK aid falling into the hands of al-Qaeda affiliate al-Shabaab while Somalians here in Britain are also among the most likely to be given social housing, also paid for by the taxpayer

Pakistan was sent £69 million, and is forecast to get £133 million this year, a country who had SOME nationals implicated as key figures in the rape gangs scandal

£58 million was sent to Bangladesh, a country who undermined UK’s efforts to strip citizenship from Shamima Begum, a British-born woman who entered Syria to join the Islamic State at the age of 15 in 2015 – who was eligible for Bangladeshi citizenship.

And lastly, Kenya was sent £48 million – a country where human rights campaigners continue to seek reparations for colonial era grievances.

The TaxPayers’ Alliance campaign group revealed in 2024, that £536.4 million is being spent on ten active funding programmes focused on supporting farmers and farming communities abroad while here in Britain we just smashed family farms that have been operating for generations to save some £500 million

In other words we are sending £15 BILLION overseas while taking winter fuel payments off of British pensioners to save £1.5 billion annually.

I think this is totally bonkers, and represents a betrayal of British people.