'International Aid Is Our Moral Duty' ; As He Launches a Radical Review of Britain's Aid Policy, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell Tells Political Editor Jonathan Walker Why Too Much Development Spending has Gone to Waste in the Past

Birmingham Post › March 03, 2011

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Much of Britain's aid over the past 60 years was spent on propping up dictators, the International Development Secretary has admitted.

Civil servants had blocked attempts to monitor whether money was well spent, said Andrew Mitchell. The Sutton Coldfield MP delivered the blunt verdict on Britain's aid effort as he launched a radical shake-up of Britain's overseas aid policy.

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'International Aid Is Our Moral Duty' ; As He Launches a Radical Review of Britain's Aid Policy, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell Tells Political Editor Jonathan Walker Why Too Much Development Spending has Gone to Waste in the Past

Funding will be scrapped for countries such as Iraq, Kosovo, Niger and Vietnam, which it is believed do not need the money. And Britain will end grants for a range of international bodies which have been judged wasteful, including the...

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