The Telegraph has today (Saturday 3 November) reported in its print and online editions that DFID has provided £3million in support to environmental charity ClientEarth, despite its Chief Executive becoming one of the highest paid bosses in the voluntary sector. …
The Mail and the Mail Online have today (Saturday 3 November) both reported that the UK has provided more than £1billion in aid to India during the time it has taken the country to build its ‘Unity Statue’. As reported …
UK aid is helping to combat crimes such as human trafficking, corruption and drug smuggling before they reach UK shores.
Today, Tuesday 30 October, there has been newspaper coverage of the Independent Commission for Aid Impact’s (ICAI) report on DFID’s maternal health programmes. This is DFID's response.
A story in The Mail on Sunday, yesterday (Sunday 14 October) referred to The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) in Northern Ghana, which ended last year after a robust and independent evaluation into its effectiveness. The Millennium Villages Project (MVP) …
The Sun’s online headline completely misrepresents the findings of the ICAI report, focussing as it does exclusively on a very narrow area of DFID’s work in this field, namely potholes. The main thrust of DFID’s work in this area centres around improving transport services and infrastructure in developing countries.
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt spoke today at the Department for International Development’s Investment Arm CDC about how the private sector can support international development globally. In a speech which set out the good that aid does the Secretary of …
Vital UK aid has been arriving in Palu to help the vulnerable survivors of the earthquake and tsunami which have hit Indonesia. The first batch to arrive, containing 120 shelter kits, was delivered aboard a New Zealand C-130 flight yesterday …
The UK’s team of five experts have arrived in Jakarta this evening, and will immediately begin work on helping to co-ordinate the international response. An additional humanitarian expert has deployed today to provide further support.
Today the Mail on Sunday published an article referencing DFID’s work through partner organisations in Syria: Charity begs for foreign aid from Britain to use 3D printer to build new legs for child, 10, blown up by 'barrel bomb' in …
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