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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Ben Quinn and Aisha Down

US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant for ‘public education’ courses

The US Embassy's pyramid-shaped, cone-covered facade in Nine Elms, London, against dramatic storm clouds
A funding notice on the US embassy website talks of fostering a ‘national conversation’ about ‘shared civilizational values’. Photograph: Andrew De Thabrew-Hutton

The US embassy in London is offering grants of up to half a million dollars for new “public education” programmes in what has been criticised as interference in British domestic politics.

Using language that the pro-Trump Maga movement has sought to appropriate, a funding notice identifies a goal of fostering a “national conversation” about “shared civilizational values” underpinning US-UK ties. Priority will go to applicants aiming to celebrate “freedom of speech” and “limited government”.

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