International Development Secretary Rory Stewart announces new support to deal with outbreak - ahead of the World Health Organisation calling it a public health emergency of international concern.
International Development Minister Baroness Sugg last week announced a new UK aid package to prevent women dying from unsafe abortion around the world. On Thursday 18th July, she wrote in The Telegraph: Anne* was 14 years old when she was …
The Daily Mail has today run a critical report and leader on the UK aid funded Connecting Classrooms programme which helps children in the UK and developing countries to learn from each other via the internet. Connecting Classrooms is training …
International Development Secretary announces package to help Africa deal with climate change and move away from fossil fuels during a two day visit to Kenya.
The Mail on Sunday has today published a story which asks the question in its headline: Did the family of UK aid’s poster boy steal taxpayers’ cash meant for earthquake victims? It refers to Shahbaz Sharif the leader of Pakistan’s …
Rory Stewart sees how UK aid is helping to tackle deadly Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo in first visit to Africa in his role at International Development Secretary.
International Development Secretary Rory Stewart goes on his first foreign trip in the role, to Jordan. He visits the Jordan One Solar Power solar field and the Za'atari refugee camp.
Today (24 June 2019), The Telegraph has published an article online about UK aid and Syria, which includes some factually incorrect statements. The authors claim that UK aid has not gone directly into Idlib since November 2018. This is false. …
UK aid responds to media coverage of National Audit Office report into cross-government aid spend
DFID responds to reports on Oxfam following allegations of sexual misconduct by the charity's staff in Haiti in 2011.
The Newton Fund is helping to tackle the zika virus, prevent birth defects, develop drought resistant crops and reduce hunger. Tackling global issues like these is both beneficial for the developing world as well as in the UK’s national interest.
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