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UK aid is vital, but our ultimate goal is to help countries support themselves
This article by International Development Secretary Alok Sharma appeared in Prospect on 5 November 2019.
UK aid to help stop violence against a million women and girls
The International Development Secretary Alok Sharma has announced a new UK aid programme, What Works to Prevent Violence: Impact at Scale, to help stop violence against one million of the world’s poorest women and girls.
UK aid marks World Polio Day
International Development Secretary Alok Sharma has hailed the efforts of British polio survivors, campaigners and fundraisers to rid the world of the disease at an event to mark World Polio Day.
Alok Sharma at the World Bank Annual Meetings
The Guardian and The Times have both reported today on International Development Secretary Alok Sharma’s visit to the World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington D.C.
How UK aid is helping girls around the world
International Development Secretary Alok Sharma has spoken of his ambition to put the rights of women and girls around the world at the heart of UK aid. His words came in an op-ed in the Huffington Post last Friday (October …
Royal visit to Africa
There has been widespread broadcast, print and online coverage of the visit by the Duke of Sussex and the Duchess of Sussex to countries across Southern Africa.
Mail on Sunday story on salaries in the charity sector
DFID's response to the Mail on Sunday story on salaries in the charity sector
The private sector can unlock Africa’s promise - Alok Sharma
This article by International Development Secretary Alok Sharma appeared in City A.M. on Friday 27 September 2019.
UK aid stands strong on women’s rights
This week at the UN General Assembly, the International Development Secretary announced new UK aid support for women's sexual and reproductive health and rights. The announcement received positive coverage in The Telegraph and The Guardian. Both articles run online while …
Aid spend across government
There is coverage in today’s Daily Mail, Times and Guardian (online) of a report published yesterday by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on how the aid budget is spent. The PAC report was informed by a National Audit Office (NAO) …