British foreign aid has been squandered on funding studies into jazz and Roman statues, a damning report has revealed. Nearly a quarter of spending from the Newton Fund, a body managed by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), went on student fellowships. British foreign aid has been squandered on funding studies into jazz and Roman statues, a damning report by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact has revealed. Tina Fahm, the ICAI commissioner who led the review, said: ‘I have no doubt the Newton Fund could be a potentially effective use of UK development aid. A spokesman for BEIS said: ‘The Newton Fund is at the forefront of lifesaving research helping the world’s poorest people.

Source: Daily Mail June 08, 2019 01:06 UTC