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Firms thrive on British aid

THE Con-Dem coalition's promotion of privatised education and health firms in developing countries represents an appalling misuse of aid money.

It is hardly surprising that the Tories, so keen on selling off public services to enrich their profiteering pals, are promoting the same toxic policies abroad.

Supposedly progressive projects - such as the Girls' Education Challenge - are meant to be about schooling some of the poorest girls in the world. 

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