Correction...............I would argue that it is only taxpayers money if we had a surplus national budget or assets, we don't and that is why we are borrowing billions each month.
Accordingly, we are borrowing the money we are giving away...............
In 2010 the UK Government introduced a Bribery and Corruption Act to prevent "sweeteners" in part because international Govts concerns about the way global business works, remember how BAE had used its shareholders money to sweeten deals with the Saudis...