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UK aid spending in 2017

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 30 November 2018 - Categories: 0.7%, Pakistan, Value for money
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Our UK aid budget only goes up when the UK economy grows, a sign of our economic success.

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Ending FGM: UK aid makes largest ever investment

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 23 November 2018 - Categories: Africa, FGM, Sudan, Women and Girls
Portrait of anti-FGM campaigner in Sudan

DFID has announced £50 million of new funding to end female genital mutilation (FGM), the largest investment ever made to end FGM worldwide.

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UK aid's role in Libyan detention centres

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 22 November 2018 - Categories: Uncategorized
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The UK government is encouraging the Libyan authorities to improve conditions in detention centres and UK aid provides humanitarian support to those who are in them

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UK aid support to ClientEarth

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 3 November 2018 - Categories: 0.7%, Africa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia
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Not a single penny of UK aid provided to ClientEarth is used for their core UK business, including the salaries of chief executives. The Telegraph has now updated its copy to accurately reflect this point.

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Aid to India: No UK aid has funded Unity Statue

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 3 November 2018 - Categories: 0.7%, India
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No UK aid has been used to fund the ‘Unity Statue’ in India

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DFID's push to tackle corruption and organised crime

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 2 November 2018 - Categories: Anti-corruption
Penny Mordaunt with Lt Col Peter Kemp of the Royal Marines in Tanzania.

UK aid is helping to combat crimes such as human trafficking, corruption and drug smuggling before they reach UK shores.

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