MP’S anger over UK paying £30m flood insurance for Africa

BRITISH taxpayers will pick up the £30million bill to insure African countries against floods and other natural disasters as part of a new £228million Government aid package.

Theresa May will announce the measures today, saying they will help reduce Africa’s reliance on foreign aid in the long term.

But the “seed fund” for insurance against natural disasters is likely to prove controversial with flooding victims in the UK, many of whom are unable to get insurance after a series of deluges in recent winters.

Nigel Evans MP, whose Ribble Valley constituency was affected by severe flooding in 2015 said small business owners in particular would be “incredibly angry” that their taxes were being used to fund flooding insurance for Africa, when they cannot afford to insure their own firms.

Aid to Africa is one of the topics under discussion on the second and final day of the G20 meeting in Hamburg today, and Mrs May will call for global action to unlock the untapped economic potential of the continent.