How many £ Billions

[Dedworth]

I was looking at some annual cost figures over the weekend and it is clear that the countries priorities are totally warped :-

Current UK Foreign Aid budget £11.5 billion

Cost of Social Security Benefits £160 billion

Cost of EU Membership £28 billion (plus bailing out the basket cases)

Cost ot proposed Youth Employment scheme £2 bilion

and bringing up the rear something that impacts on just about every family in the country

Estimated cost if Govt funded all elderly care £1.7 billion

[Terpe]

What's the source ?

[Dedworth]

A few Telegraph, BBC Guardian articles I scanned through quoting official figures. I cant find the original article that prompted me to look it was about the Govt dragging its feet over the homecare issue - in a recent Times or Telegraph I think

[grahamw48]

I echo your sentiments, but I thought the overseas aid budget was more like 1 billion.

[Englishman2010]

I echo your sentiments, but I thought the overseas aid budget was more like 1 billion.

That's still a billion too much We should sort out the problems here before we start giving money to countries that have their own nuclear capabilities

[tone]

As ever something truly wrong with the Treasury!
This is just crazy - but its something we should be getting used to its been crazy for so many years now...

[Dedworth]

I echo your sentiments, but I thought the overseas aid budget was more like 1 billion.

£12 billion Loads of it going to despots and dictators

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...orruption.html

[Englishman2010]

£12 billion Loads of it going to despots and dictators

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/ar...orruption.html

How much do we spend on defence over throwing the despots and dictators we fund out of the overseas aid budget

[joebloggs]

. I cant find the original article that prompted me to look it was about the Govt dragging its feet over the homecare issue - in a recent Times or Telegraph I think

planning for the future dedworth

i would rather see the gov give pensioners free gas and electricity

[grahamw48]

How much do we spend on defence over throwing the despots and dictators we fund out of the overseas aid budget

Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Libya,Tunisia,Egypt,Syria...etc etc ?

I'm SICK of hearing about them. Let them sort their own problems out, and STOP letting all their troublemakers take shelter in OUR country !!!

[Dedworth]

Too little too late - The Chancellor has lopped £1 billion off the overseas "aid" budget

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ts-lavish.html