Nigel Farage would ‘treble’ Nepal aid

Ukip leader Nigel Farage has said he would have “no objections” to doubling or trebling British aid to Nepal, despite previous pledges to cut the UK’s international aid spending.

The UK’s aid package for Nepal stands at £22.8m, but Mr Farage said he did not want any of Britain’s financial help “going to the wrong places”.

In April, the party promised to slash international aid spending by over two-thirds and abolish the Department for International Development.

“When you think that our foreign aid budget is roughly a billion a month… we’ve offered just a few million pounds to Nepal,” Mr Farage told the BBC.

“I have no objections to doubling or trebling that.

“I have no objections to helping with disaster relief but I have a problem with foreign aid that frankly isn’t working, is going to the wrong places, and does not command public support.”