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Liam Fox’s loans for Bahrain and Sri Lanka cause concern

INTERNATIONAL Trade Secretary Liam Fox came under fire from human rights activists this evening for subsidising construction projects in repressive regimes.

Last week, Mr Fox’s department lent £49 million to a Saudi-owned company to build bridges in Sri Lanka.

And shortly before Christmas, it loaned £28 million to help British firm Bluewater Bio win a waterworks contract in oil-rich Bahrain.

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