Charity begins at home, surely?

Well were probably heading into the double dip recession that pretty much everyone was forecasting except whoever was in charge of the government at the time be it Labour or Conservative. Not just a recession, a depression, a slump and probably a downturn all rolled into one. Though you wouldn't think so from the way the government throws our money around, particularly in the foreign aid budget, which was ring fenced so didn't face the usual cuts that everyone except the NHS and political expenses faced.
Still I'm at a loss still as to why we're giving £1 billion over 4 years to a nuclear power with a space program and who also gives aid to Africa. Yes I know India has over 450 million poor and I know that foreign aid often comes with strings attached about buying UK goods, but at this time with people here facing real hardship it's about time we looked to ourselves.
Charity should begin at home, keeping our pensioners warm and fed, repairing our infrastructure and encouraging firms from outside to invest in us and provide jobs to take on people from the public sector which became so bloated under Labour.
Mind you, we could easily recoup that by leaving the EU, but they wont do that either, too busy still feathering their own nests, but the tide of anger is rising and people are feeling the pinch all over now, save of course in those who believe they rule us.
I hope they get their Ceaucescu moment soon.