Its report voiced concerns about how Whitehall agencies beyond the Department for International Development spend the UK’s £13billion annual aid budget.
The Government has committed to spending increasing amounts of aid though other departments, to harness their expertise and networks.
The MPs said there were doubts over the transparency and priorities of cross-government funds which spent £601million of the aid budget in 2016-17.
Some charities suspect project choices are more driven by a desire to boost trade ahead of Brexit than to help the world’s poorest, they heard.
Mon, January 16, 2017
Public mood changes following scandals over how the money is allocated. This is where the UK Foreign Aid was being spent in 2015.
There were aid schemes that had a clear…
