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A YouGov poll, commissioned by Channel 4, asked around two thousand people what they thought of the British Goverments strategy to overseas aid.



The results showed that:

• 65 % believe British government is spending about the right amount to help the victims of the tsunami.





• Most of these people (26%) believe the Government gave about 3% of the national income to overseas aid.





• In fact, the government spends about 0.34% of national income on overseas aid. Knowing this, the percentage of people who thought the government was spending about the right amount on fell to 37%, while now 36% thought it was doing too little.





• When told that the British government spends roughly eight times as much on defence as it does on overseas aid, 33% agreed that it’s important for Britain to keep its defence strong, but that it should also spend more on overseas aid. While 27% thought the government was getting the balance right between the two issues.





• However the vast majority, 72% of people asked, disagreed that the taxes should be increased to fund an increase in overseas aid.





• George Bush didn’t fare too well as 53% though the attitude of the US government under his watch was one of the biggest obstacles to tackling world poverty.





• But virtually the same amount (54%) admitted that the tsunami has not made them more interested in helping poorer parts of the world over a long term period.