The International Development Secretary attended the World Bank Spring Meetings over the weekend – where the UK helped push through major changes within the global lender. Penny Mordaunt was in Washington D.C. to see the World Bank Group commit, as …
Today’s MailOnline reports that UK aid is being used to support the livelihoods of poor fishermen and women overseas. The piece notes a range of programmes that the UK Government supports which are helping people in some of the …
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this week is the biggest summit the UK has ever hosted, bringing together leaders, foreign ministers business and civil society from across the Commonwealth to address some of the most pressing development challenges of …
Today’s papers, including the Telegraph, the Times, the Daily Mail and The Sun have reported on statistics published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which show the United Kingdom (UK) met the United Nations overseas aid target …
Papers have today reacted to the latest statistics on international development, published yesterday, which show the aid budget grew to nearly £14 billion in 2017 – because of the UK’s economic success. The Daily Mail and The Sun have suggested …
Today’s Sunday Times and Daily Mail report that UK aid money is spent by the Palestinian Authority on textbooks that could incite hatred against Israel. As International Development Minister Alistair Burt has set out, British support is helping around 25,000 …
Last night’s BBC News at 10, this morning’s Radio Four Today Programme and BBC News Online are reporting on the escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The pieces explain the need for political reform to address some …
Today, The Times reports that £4.4 million recovered in a corruption case by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is going to be transferred to DFID to help people in desperate need in Chad. In a High Court case which concluded …
The Daily Telegraph reports today (Thursday 22 March) that the International Development Secretary has launched an £11 million fund to find innovative ways to deliver aid in war zones.
The International Development Committee (IDC) published its report into monsoon preparedness in Cox’s Bazar, where almost a million persecuted Rohingya people are living in the fragile and cramped camps. This has been reported in the Mirror.
Today’s Mail on Sunday reports that China is set to give the Russian government money as part of the country's aid and loan programmes, while claiming that the UK government gives aid to China. To be clear, no UK aid goes to Russia and in fact no DFID money goes to China.
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