Your aid helps fashion giants: Just when you thought you'd read all about foreign aid waste... the astonishing story of how UK money funded factory clothing catwalk queens
An African tannery supplying leather for Ralph Lauren shirts that sell for £2,000 in some of the world’s most exclusive boutiques has received funding from British taxpayers.
Thousands of pounds of foreign aid was spent on two failed projects at the tannery in Nigeria where, according to bosses, workers also prepare hides used to make designer goods for luxury brand Louis Vuitton.
Last night the extraordinary revelation that overseas aid funds have been used to support the multi-billion-pound fashion industry sparked a furious reaction from MPs demanding an end to the UK’s commitment to spend at least 0.7 per cent of national income on foreign aid.
MP Jacob Rees Mogg said: ‘No one expects British aid money to subsidise the likes of Louis Vuitton, they are quite capable of paying their own way. It is not the right approach for overseas aid at all
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