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URSY.NEWS / The Guardian / 30 Oct 2026

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…

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