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THE GOVERNMENT is “playing fast and loose” with the definition of aid spending, undermining British overseas efforts, a leading human rights group has warned.
A report by the International Development Committee published today found that cross-departmental pots of money risk becoming “a slush fund to pay for developing the UK’s diplomatic, trade or national security interests.”
It adds that the “lack of clarity” over the objectives of funds spent on foreign militaries “risks undermining faith in the UK aid brand.”
In the second part of a two-part article, CONOR BOLLINS asks why the government’s ambition when it comes to the military is not applied to sectors where it could do real good
In part one of a two-part feature, CONOR BOLLINS asks whether we should be concerned about the Prime Minister’s military recruitment plans
While working people face austerity, arms companies enjoy massive government contracts, writes ARTHUR WEST, exposing how politicians exaggerate the Russian threat to justify spending on a sector that has the lowest employment multiplier