MPs: 'No excuses for missing aid targets'

MINISTERS should not be able to cite economic difficulties as an excuse for missing their targets on international aid, an MPs' report said yesterday.

By The Newsroom

Published 22nd Mar 2010, 20:43 BST

Updated 22nd Mar 2010, 20:47 BST

The report called for the tightening of a draft bill to remove provisions which would allow the government to blame "economic circumstances".

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