British taxpayers finance shrimp farms at 5000 miles away in Bangladesh and electric Porsches for Albanian prisons and gender lectures in Kenya.
The revelations follow the increasing pressure to increase defense expenditure, while the troops of Vladimir Putin are gaining ground in Ukraine and while Great Britain continues to challenge about £ 15 billion a year on overseas help.
Figures published by The Sun Show In the past three years, the British hand have seen more than £ 133,000 in Bangladesh Agricultural University to study the health of the shrimp, with the most recent payment in September.
Furthermore, in January 2024 the science department paid £ 233,000 to 'identifying obstacles to mental health care for citizens affected by armed conflict in Colombia'.
And last December, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs paid a contractor £ 9.5 million to support 'responsibility and inclusion' in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Other expenditure Escapades include a maximum of £ 500,000 in tax money that goes to 15 electric delivery vans for Albanian prisons, secured via a local Porsche dealer and the same amount to support the 'gender mainstreaming strategy' in the Jordanian army.
Further initiatives have been promoted in India by £ 114 million reserved for 'inclusive green companies'.
Opponents also notice the £ 25 million for 'green urban growth' in Somalia and £ 38 million for 'green growth' in Nepal.
Figures show that in the past three years the British hand have seen more than £ 133,000 to Bangladesh Agricultural University to study the health of the shrimp, with the most recent payment in September (file image)
A Swedish artillery team takes a projectile from a self-driving Houwitser of a archer during the NATO exercise lightning attack 'on November 20, 2024 near Heinu, Finland
About £ 5 million has been transferred to 'transforming feminist financing in Iraq', while £ 264,000 went to better understand disinformation in Ethiopia and £ 44,000 to study Thailand's alcohol policy.
The expenditures are 'reckless' branded, with former government adviser Jason Brown, who launched the Waste Files campaign and said:' With taxes on eye-water levels and hard-working families struggling to make ends meet, British up and down The country will be surprised that their hard -earned money will be spent on sending electric cars to prisons in Albania. '
The comments come because officials have also reserved £ 1.9 million to create jobs in Albania to prevent his citizens from leaving the country.
Conservative shadow Chancellor Mel Stride added: 'Given the disastrous budget of the Chancellor, it is clear that we urgently need to inflict these meaningless and dazzling expenditure projects to stop further tax increases on hard -working families.
“The time for reckless editions is over.”
The British Council has also been criticized, because this year £ 162.5 million from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will receive – 15 percent of the total income – as part of its 'overseas development aid'.
It comes when the organization recently celebrated its financing for an 'implementing poet' who uses' poetry to investigate what it means to be human. . . From workshops in Colombian prisons to performances in a Mall Bangkok '.
Conservative shadow Chancellor Mel Stride (photo) said: 'Given the disastrous budget of the Chancellor, it is clear that we urgently have to inflict these meaningless and dazzling expenditure projects to stop further tax increases on hard -working families'
A government spokesperson has insisted that the upcoming Expenditure Review of the VK will ensure that tax money is aimed at the plan of the 'Government for change in all departments', including secure boundaries and national security.
They added 'worldwide challenges such as conflicts, the climate crisis and poverty have a direct influence on British life and contribute to irregular migration'.
A recent American harsh action against government spending has fueled the requirements for a similar program in the United Kingdom after Donald Trump had reduced foreign help and had drawn a line under diversity, stock and inclusion projects.
