RE: Boris reply10 Oct 2019 12:54
The UK is to hand over £98m to India despite the country - which has spent almost the same on a lunar probe - now giving out more foreign aid than it receives.
As part of the UK's aid budget, the Department for International Development (DfID) will give £52m this year and a further £46m in 2019/20.
It comes despite India spending £95.4m on the lunar probe, Chandrayaan-2, which is set to launch in January.
Meanwhile, India gives away more in foreign aid than it receives - in 2015/16 it took in £254m but gave away £912m.
Tory MP David Davies said India did not "want or need" UK aid and that "in effect we are sponsoring an Indian moon launch".
BUT THEY WON'T BACK BRITISH JOBS!!