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Toby Young blasted the tens of millions of pounds being sent from the UK to India as a foreign aid farce. Speaking on GB News, the conservative commentator remarked that “any country that has a space programme” fails the test for receiving foreign aid. This comes after India overtook the UK as the world’s fifth-largest economy last month.
India’s economy is set to grow by seven percent this year, leading it to leapfrog Britain into fifth place according to the IMF.
India has witnessed a rapid rise in its economy given that it was the eleventh-largest economy in the world a decade ago.
Despite this, Britain sent £55.3 million to the country in 2021/22 as part of its foreign aid programme.
GB News host Michelle Dewberry called for the “monumental overhaul for the whole thing”.
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Mr Young responded: “I have a test for foreign aid.
“If the country in question has a space programme, I don’t think we should be giving it tens of millions of pounds every year.
“India fails that test. It has a space programme, so why are we giving India foreign aid?
“There are some deserving recipients of aid. Genuinely poor countries that benefit from foreign aid.
“It also helps to build the relationship between Britain and those countries. But India, no.”
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