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Transparency in the Development Budget
Today’s Daily Express front page refers to a “‘cover-up’ of how taxpayers’ money is spent”. This claim and other claims made in the article are incorrect and misleading.
DFID Media Team
Ensuring accountability of the development budget
The Daily Express has published an article today which claims that “billions of pounds is funnelled abroad with little accountability”. This is simply wrong.
UK aid commitments
The Daily Express has published an article today with a number of claims about the development budget, including that the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national income on development means money is rushed out of the door. The test of whether spending is good or not, is not when it is spent, but its quality. We are crystal clear that the spending we do is on good things.
Modernising international aid rules
The UK has secured important progress at the Development Assistance Committee meetings in Paris to change the international aid rules and ensure they remain relevant for the modern world.
How the UK aid budget is spent across government
The Daily Express has published an article today highlighting how the aid budget is spent across Government.
UK aid commitments: 30 October 2017
The Daily Express published an article today claiming that 10,000 people have signed their online petition for the government to reduce the foreign aid budget. The newspaper claims that this is proof that readers want the government to direct money …
Reconstruction support for Antigua and Barbuda: 29 October 2017
The Observer reports today that Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, claims his country is being overlooked in the Hurricane Irma and Maria relief efforts because it has a higher income per capita than other Caribbean islands.
UK Aid Commitments: 26 October 2017
DFID's response to today’s Daily Express front page story, which claims that the costs of health tourism should be met by the international development budget.
UK aid commitments: 24 October 2017
The Daily Express front page story today (Tuesday 24 October 2017) led with claims that the UK should abandon its commitment to spend 0.7% of income on development and direct the money towards to the NHS and social care instead. …
World Polio Day: International Development Secretary leads the UK’s last push to end polio
This World Polio Day (24 October 2017) the UK has reaffirmed its commitment to eradicate the disease globally and help millions of children lead healthier lives.