Sentences with phrase «overseas aid spending»

Overseas aid spending would increase to a 2013 target of 0.7 per cent of national income.

For instance, Nick Clegg has made a great deal of his proposal of free school meals, shouted his pro-European credentials and is now showing his vigorous support for a private member's bill that seeks to enshrine in law the United Nations overseas aid spending target.

An international expert panel calculated that $ 1 of overseas aid spent on family planning in a developing country can be «worth» $ 120 of other aid.

Not exact matches

She will also set out a number of green proposals in a 25 - year plan for the environment including eliminating all avoidable plastic waste by 2042 and a commitment to spend part of the Government's multi-billion annual overseas aid budget on international measures to cut plastic use.

«We will honour our commitment to spend 0.7 % of GNI on overseas aid from 2013, and to enshrine this commitment in law.

The last Conservative manifesto contained a commitment not just to spend 0.7 per cent of national income on overseas aid, but also to «legislate in the first session of a new Parliament to lock in this level of spending for every year from 2013.»

The defence secretary, Phillip Hammond, made efforts before the last spending review to blend some of his budget with that of overseas aid, but was repulsed by the very tight international definitions of overseas aid set by agencies such as the OECD.

First, changes made to the Conservatives under David Cameron's leadership had drawn the parties closer together: a new stress on the environment, a sympathy for civil liberties, the commitment to spend at least 0.7 % of GDP on overseas aid (this last shift took place under Michael Howard, but Mr Cameron projected it in a way that his predecessor had not).

«George Osborne will only guarantee that hospitals and overseas aid are protected from spending cuts Main Boris to unveil portrait of the Queen at City Hall»

The government recently announced a re-targeting of the UK overseas aid budget, which will see more money spent in conflict areas.

Last week's Budget comes hot on the heels of the news that the coalition government's pledge to spend 0.7 % of the UK's national income as overseas aid has finally made it into law (pending royal sign - off).

«As politically unpalatable as it may be, the decision to ring - fence spending on health and overseas aid is unrealistic and unsustainable in the current circumstances,» the BCC's director general David Frost said.

The target of spending 0.7 % of GNI on overseas aid will also remain in place.

The Daily Mail leads the pack, commonly referring to the UK's aid spending «madness» and running sensational stories of taxpayers» money being «squandered overseas».

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99.3 % of the UK Budget is not spent on Overseas Aid.

It now stands behind Luxemburg, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Ireland, Belgium and Finland, spending 0.41 per cent of national income on overseas aid.

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The Coalition Government is spending more and more money on industrial projects and overseas aid without first trying to find a private sector alternative, and they're digging their claws deeper and deeper into people's personal lives and faith.

In the summer a National Audit Office (NAO) report showed money was being wasted because civil servants were struggling to hit the legal requirement of spending 0.7 per cent of the nation's income on overseas aid.

Stephen Crabb argued that charities and Conservatives must both do more to trumpet the arguments in favour of spending 0.7 % of GNI on overseas aid, amid rising domestic pressures and cuts in spending.

He confirmed the government will defend NHS spending in real terms, but made no similar pledge for the schools budget or the overseas aid programme.

As for specific Budget measures, most people want health and education spending to be spared future cuts, but overseas aid to lose its protection.