Priti Patel said that she wanted to ensure that aid would “deliver for our national interests” Gareth Fuller/PASome of Britain’s £12 billion aid money is being stolen or wasted, the international development secretary has warned. Priti Patel, a long-term critic of Britain’s aid budget, said that she would be overseeing a major overhaul of the aid sent overseas. Ms Patel said that she wanted to ensure that aid would “deliver for our national interests” and boost trade after Brexit. However, in a victory for David Cameron, she said that she would be sticking by his pledge to spend 0.7 per cent of Britain’s GDP on foreign aid. Mr Cameron praised the pledge in his final speech as…

Source: The Times September 13, 2016 23:15 UTC