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Friday, August 31, 2012

We're nowpaying for India's navy as it spends our £280m aid on warships

Talwar class frigate |There was fresh anger over taxpayer aid to India last night as it emerged the country is spending £1billion on three warships.

Britain is still handing over £280million a year despite India admitting it doesn’t need the help and regards the amount as “peanuts”.

As the Royal Navy suffers severe budget cuts, India has splashed out on Russian-built frigates, including one said to carry the world’s fastest Cruise missile.

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