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The small example I gave was the "leakage" of fuel from vehicles. It's a difficult issue to deal with and don't imagine it is as straightforward as an individual driver taking a few gallons for private use. There will be a flourishing, structured "business" behind the racket, supported by a...

Some agencies perform better than others, though.

The funding comes from both sources. The prat from UKIP wants to abolish government contributions. The activity on the ground is delivered by a variety of organisations, including charities, governments, non-governmental organisations, United Nations agencies, and commercial companies. Any...

For example ... Government Funding:- http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Special/2013/06/13/Joint-funding-comes-forward-for-Syrian-refugees/UPI-10481371136672/ Charitable Donations:- http://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/current-appeals/syria-appeal/?gclid=CIGmzfHx7rgCFa7JtAodHlMAfQ And the work of a...

Significant amounts of funding for charities engaged in delivering international aid programmes come from governments. That's not to understate the importance of individual donations and legacies, but the needs are so great that both sorts of funding stream are necessary. Interestingly, there...

I've already mentioned the fact that my daughter works in the world of international aid. She has worked in Kenya, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Liberia. And she's now working on disaster-related projects, mainly in Asia. All of the organisations she's worked for are UK-based...

The question is ... how many Tory MPs will they take down as UKIP's share of the poll increases? Locally, it's worth looking at UKIP's vote in Hastings at the recent East Sussex County Council elections. They managed to contrive an almost complete sweep to victory by Labour (who won in seven...

I once had the dubious pleasure of having half an hour in the company of Farage, while we were both waiting to make an appearance on the regional version of the BBC's Politics Show. This was when the Seagulls Party was attracting media interest. Farage is a very shrewd manipulator of the...

The young Miss Bracknell, who has worked in refugee camps in Liberia and elsewhere, will assure you that they are not as UKIP seem to imagine.

Yes, but ... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-20265583 UK aid to India in 2015/16: NIL Winding down existing programmes, rather than pulling the plug without warning, is the only responsible way to achieve the change that NO-ONE is arguing about.

Do you have any sound evidence to back this allegation up? Or do you think a headline in a newspaper is enough "proof"?

The Republic of South Sudan, as it happens. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bongo_people_%28South_Sudan%29 http://www.joshuaproject.net/people-profile.php?peo3=10939&rog3=OD