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Britain is to increase its aid to India and will still send millions to China despite slashing the foreign aid budget.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office revealed that it plans to increase the amount it sends to India – a country with its own space programme – by a third.
Despite having claimed to have stopped aid to the country, the FCDO’s development budget to India will rise from £41.5million in 2020/21 to £55.3million in 2021/22.
Britain is to increase its aid to India and will still send millions to China despite slashing the foreign aid budget
And although the FCDO pledged to slash its aid to China by 95 per cent, the amount it will send in 2021/22 will be an increase on the previous year so that its programmes can be wound up ‘responsibly’.
The department has also increased its annual funding to the Great Britain China Centre, which promotes legal and judicial reform in the country.
On top of this, undisclosed millions in aid money will also continue to be sent to China by the business department.
The report also said that the UK will still contribute large amounts to both countries through multilateral bodies such as the United
