Downing Street says prime minister is frustrated by restrictions preventing Caribbean islands with high GDP receiving money from aid pot
Britain has called for urgent changes to international rules on aid to allow UK development cash to be used to help victims of natural disasters like Hurricane Irma.
Downing Street has said the prime minister, Theresa May, is frustrated with rules set by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) that exclude British overseas territories like Anguilla, Turks and Caicos and British Virgin Islands from receiving money from the aid pot.
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