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# TITLE: Should the UK Government increase the amount of money spent on foreign aid? [f4c47f7aba1ac7cdf5f5a002de1269cc]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 5
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - In general, the group was opposed to the idea of increasing the amount of foreign aid given by the UK government.  The reasons for this were that the UK has many problems of its own that need to be addressed first.  In particular, the cost of living crisis was mentioned, and it was felt that the government should be concentrating on this rather than giving money to other countries.  It was also felt that other countries should be doing more to help themselves rather than relying on foreign aid.  However, it was recognised that some foreign aid is necessary and that the UK government should continue to give some money to other countries.  It was also suggested that the foreign aid should be targeted on teaching people the skills they need to help themselves.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - In general, the group was opposed to the idea of increasing the amount of foreign aid given by the UK government.  The reasons for this were that the UK has many problems of its own that need to be addressed first.  In particular, the cost of living crisis was mentioned, and it was felt that the government should be concentrating on this rather than giving money to other countries.  It was also felt that other countries should be doing more to help themselves rather than relying on foreign aid.  However, it was recognised that some foreign aid is necessary and that the UK government should continue to give some money to other countries.  It was felt that this money should be targetted on teaching people the skills they need to help themselves.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - The general feeling of the group was that the UK government should not increase the amount of money it spends on foreign aid.  The reasons for this were that the UK has many problems of its own that need to be addressed first.  In particular, the cost of living crisis was mentioned, and it was felt that the government should be concentrating on this rather than giving money to other countries.  It was also felt that other countries should be doing more to help themselves rather than relying on foreign aid.  However, it was recognised that some foreign aid is necessary and that the UK government should continue to give some money to other countries.  It was also felt that some of the foreign aid should be targetted on teaching people the skills they need to help themselves.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - In general, the group was opposed to the idea of increasing the amount of foreign aid given by the UK government.  The reasons for this were that the UK has many problems of its own that need to be addressed first.  In particular, the cost of living crisis was mentioned, and it was felt that the government should be concentrating on this rather than giving money to other countries.  It was also felt that other countries should be doing more to help themselves rather than relying on foreign aid.  However, it was recognised that some foreign aid is necessary and that the UK government should continue to give some money to other countries.  It was also felt that this money should be spent wisely, teaching people in poor countries the skills they need to help themselves.
1: 4,1,3,2
1: 2,3,4,1
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