Tory MP: I don’t want the foreign aid budget to exist at all

Politics
13 Mar 2024 • 8:47 PM MYT
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Conservative MP Jonathan Gullis said he does not want the foreign aid budget “to exist at all” after it was revealed £3.2 billion has been allocated to the Home Office to house migrants in hotels.

Appearing on BBC Politics Live today (13 March), Mr Gullis and Labour MP Sarah Champion joined the panel to discuss whether migrants should be paid to go to Rwanda.

Ms Champion said: “I can announce £3.2 billion of UK foreign aid has been allocated to the Home office, for hotels for the next financial year.”

Mr Gullis replied: “I don’t want the foreign aid budget to exist at all.”