Britain hands billions to projects linked to labour abuse and climate damage

UK Export Finance used 5.24bn of taxpayer money to fund overseas energy and infrastructure ventures - despite its own review raising concerns

The British government has provided more than 5bn in the past three years to overseas energy and infrastructure projects linked to labour abuses and environmental damage, according to documents and interviews with workers.

The funding - a combination of loans and guarantees - comes from the government's export credit agency, UK Export Finance (UKEF), a government department to help UK companies access business contracts overseas.