UK aid budget ‘goes to the wrong projects’, leaked letter warns

The chancellor, Philip Hammond, has been told that some aid spending is not giving taxpayers maximum value for money.Charities have sounded the alarm over the way ministers are spending the multibillion-pound aid budget, saying some is being diverted from the poorest countries to promote commercial and political interests.In a letter to the chancellor, Philip Hammond, which has been leaked to the Observer, 23 agencies warn that some aid is no longer being used “effectively and efficiently&