Stop extra aid to Pakistan unless taxes increase: UK report

Last Updated: Thursday, April 4, 2013, 18:07

Britain should withhold extra aid to Pakistan unless it does more to gather taxes from wealthier citizens, damning parliamentary inquiry report said, as UK plans to double assistance to Islamabad.

Britain`s aid to Pakistan under scrutiny

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 21:32

Underlining that elected politicians in Pakistan need to submit tax returns and pay tax, UK on Tuesday said its aid to country will be linked to reforms.

‘No country wants foreign aid in perpetuity’

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 16, 2013, 16:32

Mark Lowcock spoke on the UK`s development aid plans.

UK set to axe 280 mn pound aid to ‘rich’ India

Last Updated: Friday, November 9, 2012, 12:18

A British lawmaker is set to announce that the UK is planning to stop sending billions of pounds in foreign aid to well-off nations, like India.

We want trade, not aid: India to UK

Last Updated: Thursday, November 8, 2012, 19:25

India summarily dismissed UK moves to slash its aid of 280 million pounds per annum by half to it.

Indian victims of domestic violence in UK to get aid

Last Updated: Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 23:05

Britain has changed immigration rules to ensure that migrant-spouses from India and other non-EU countries who become victims of domestic violence here are given access to public funds to help them escape abuse.

Not the time to end aid to India: Britain

Last Updated: Monday, March 19, 2012, 09:42

Britain on Sunday clarified that it has no immediate plans to end its aid programme to India.

India says it`s always appreciative of foreign aid

Last Updated: Monday, February 6, 2012, 19:18

Playing down media reports in the UK seeking stoppage of aid to India on the basis of a reported Rajya Sabha proceedings last year, India on Monday said it has always been appreciative of foreign assistance.

Clamour to stop aid to India grows in UK

Last Updated: Sunday, February 5, 2012, 20:17

Public unease has given way to increasing fury here over giving millions of pounds in aid to an increasingly prosperous India, as the David Cameron government continues to resist pressure to stop it despite being in the throes of an economic crisis.