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UK support to Kenya

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 30 July 2017 - Categories: Africa
Picture: Joy Odero/DFID

The UK government supports free, fair and peaceful elections in Kenya, to help to maintain security and stability, which is in all our interests. Election support was allocated in 2015 and is overseen by the FCO in Kenya.

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Aid to countries mentioned in the FCO Human Rights Report

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 29 July 2017 - Categories: Official Development Assistance
Priti Patel sees UK aid in South Sudan. Picture: Rob Oxley/DFID

DFID has committed to spending at least 50% of its budget in fragile states, to build stability in those countries, which is both in our national interest and critical to reducing poverty and meeting humanitarian needs.

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Currency fluctuation adjustments

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 23 July 2017 - Categories: Corporate performance
Picture: Asian Development

When we convert foreign currency into sterling it generates gains or losses, this is exactly the same for any organisation. Managing the impact of exchange rate changes is part of the normal responsibilities of government.

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Centre for Global Disaster Protection

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 20 July 2017 - Categories: Humanitarian aid
Hygiene kits and tarpaulins for temporary shelter supplied by UK aid being distributed in Haiti in 2016. Picture: Carey Wagner/CARE

The Centre will draw on UK and international expertise to provide neutral advice, innovation and cutting edge science to help build cheaper, faster and reliable finance in emergencies that delivers the most benefit for the poorest people and can halve the cost of disasters.

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NAO report on managing the Official Development Assistance target

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 18 July 2017 - Categories: Official Development Assistance
Staff from the United Nations World Food Programme demonstrate a biometric ID system used to track the distribution of food aid, to International Development Secretary Priti Patel in Mogadishu, Somalia. Picture: WFP/Kabir Dhanji

The Secretary of State for International Development is driving a robust value for money agenda that includes a review of all DFID spending, a crackdown on profiteering suppliers, efficiency savings, and increased use of payment by results.

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Staff performance-related pay

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 14 July 2017 - Categories: Corporate performance
DFID Humanitarian Advisors check humanitarian aid supplies on board an RAF C-17 aircraft. Picture: Sgt Neil Bryden RAF

All government departments operate performance-related pay – this is a normal part of ensuring that civil servants are incentivised to perform well and deliver value for the taxpayer.

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Emergency aid to Mosul

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 13 July 2017 - Categories: Humanitarian aid
A young girl in Debaga camp, Iraq. Picture: OCHA/Sylvia Rognvik

There is positive online, broadcast and print coverage today of the UK’s commitment to sending lifesaving aid to the people of Mosul after the official liberation of the city was announced on Monday.

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