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.
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How the UK aid budget is spent across government
...have been absolutely clear on the robust measures in place to ensure our overseas development investments achieve the best value for money. Speaking yesterday a Downing Street spokesperson said: We...
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...
Reconstruction support for Antigua and Barbuda: 29 October 2017
The Observer reports today (29 October 2017) that Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, claims his country is being overlooked in the Hurricane Irma and Maria relief efforts...
UK Aid Commitments: 26 October 2017
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...aid budget, to use the same ruthlessness to improve their aid spending. This government deplores waste. But we firmly believe it is right to spend 0.7 per cent of our...
UK aid commitments: 24 October 2017
...and Iraq. UK aid is being used to bring water to drought stricken parts of Africa. UK aid is helping to educate women and girls in parts of Asia where...
World Polio Day: International Development Secretary leads the UK’s last push to end polio
...Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria. International Development Secretary Priti Patel said: “Polio has no place in the 21st Century and the UK is leading the way in the last push to...
International Development Secretary Priti Patel announces UK aid package for liberated Raqqa
As the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that Raqqa has been liberated from Daesh, a new UK aid package will clear deadly landmines and restore hospitals and medical treatment for victims of the bloody conflict to help them return home …
UK Anti Slavery Day: 18 October 2017
Yesterday (18 October 2017) marked Anti-Slavery Day in the UK and a range of charities, NGOs and individuals have highlighted the horrific prevalence of modern slavery.
The latest on the UK’s hurricane response: Sunday 15 October 2017
The UK’s commitment to relief and reconstruction in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria continued this week.