UK foreign aid cuts ignored local impacts: Audit ...Saudi Arabia

Author: Thu, 2022-03-31 22:27 LONDON: The UK government’s slashing of aid last year failed to account for local impacts, with some regional offices facing 50 percent funding cuts, an official audit has found. As a result of the £4.2 billion ($5.5 billion) cuts, the National Audit Office on Thursday said Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office bilateral spending plunged because of other commitments to multilateral aid, The Guardian reported. Bilateral spending — direct country-to-country aid — fell by 69 percent to Syria, 62 percent to Bangladesh and 49 percent to South Sudan. On the ground in Syria as a result of the cuts, support for Palestinian refugees was ended. More than a doze

Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( UK foreign aid cuts ignored local impacts: Audit )

Also on site :

• Man shot and killed after standoff with Columbus police during barricade incident
• NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Tuesday, May 20
• The Misk Heritage Museum announces start of construction