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MPs urge the government to write off the British Council’s £197m debt to save its vital £1bn annual soft-power contribution from financial collapse.
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British Council’s £197m debt should mostly be written off, MPs say
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Commons report calls on Foreign Office to bail out soft-power flagship reeling from job cuts and asset salesMinisters should explore writing off a crippling £197m loan to the British Council by converting as much of it as possible into “a grant or similar”, MPs have said.The Commons public accounts committee said the government lacked a “positive vision” for the council, whose soft power value to the UK is put at £1bn a year. The MPs called on the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to set out what more it could do to support the council and its work. Continue reading...
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