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How UK aid is making it easier for suppliers to bid for contracts

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 29 April 2019 - Categories: Corporate performance, Value for money
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We’ve taken a number of actions over the last two years to make it easier for businesses to work with us.

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DFID and 0.7%: Why we should be proud of our aid commitment

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 11 April 2019 - Categories: 0.7%
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We should be proud of the fact the UK has stood by its aid commitment – spending less than one percent of our national income increases Britain’s global influence and allows us to shape the world around us.

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What is UK aid doing for small charities?

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 10 April 2019 - Categories: 0.7%, Corporate performance, Value for money
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DFID responds to a report by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) on our work with Civil Society Organisations, which includes charities and NGOs.

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How aid is in the UK’s national interest

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 5 April 2019 - Categories: 0.7%, Anti corruption, Official Development Assistance
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Reducing poverty, hunger and providing clean water and sanitation is at the heart of what UK aid does, but it is also tackling disease, terrorism and conflict, and creating a safer, healthier and more prosperous world for us all – which is firmly in our national interest.

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Britain 'to spend millions in fight against child sex tourism'

Posted by: DFID Media Team, Posted on: 3 April 2019 - Categories: 0.7%, Official Development Assistance
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The Times reports that “money from the overseas aid budget is to be used in the fight against child sex tourism and the growing problem of livestreamed abuse”

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