Foreign aid money spent on finding a mate for endangered fish

Spending review launched after Home Office is accused of spending international aid money on 'nonsense'

The Home Office has launched a review into how the international aid budget is spent after it was revealed that thousands of pounds were being channelled into "frivolous" projects.

An investigation by The Sun exposed that £3,400 in foreign aid money was spent on a programme to find female mates for the endangered Mangarahara cichlid fish in Madagascar.

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