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Aid to India: No UK aid has funded Unity Statue
No UK aid has been used to fund the ‘Unity Statue’ in India
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Penny Mordaunt sets out vision for UK aid post Brexit
The International Development Secretary spoke at DFID's investment arm, CDC, about how the private sector can support international development globally
The work of UK aid in Syria
As the second largest bilateral donor to the humanitarian response in Syria since 2011, UK aid is at the forefront of the humanitarian response
Mail on Sunday on family planning in Tanzania, support for the Palestinian Authority and PIGA programme in Africa
Today (Sunday 16 Sept), the Mail on Sunday has published an article referencing DFID's work: "A very bitter pill for UK taxpayers to swallow: Britain funds £45 million family planning programme in Tanzania and still they won't tell us if £125m …
Aid to India and Nigeria
A story in today’s Daily Mail refers to the UK Government giving aid to China, India and Nigeria while public services in Britain are “crying out for cash”. The Department For International Development is responsible for around 72.5% of the …
Mordaunt: Spending 0.7% is “absolutely in line with our national values”
A leader in the Sun today titled “The Sun says: Aid for NHS” talks about the £14 billion international aid budget and suggests that “even Aid Secretary Penny Mordaunt admits [this] is indefensible”. This is completely misleading.
Mail on Sunday on allegations of fraud and sexual exploitation of refugees in Uganda
Today’s Mail on Sunday and MailOnline claims to have uncovered corruption, fraud and sexual exploitation of refugees in Uganda. An investigation into these allegations last year resulted in all payments to the humanitarian response in Uganda being suspended as soon as …
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting this week is the biggest summit the UK has ever hosted, bringing together leaders, foreign ministers business and civil society from across the Commonwealth to address some of the most pressing development challenges of …
Britain continues to be global aid leader
Today’s papers, including the Telegraph, the Times, the Daily Mail and The Sun have reported on statistics published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) which show the United Kingdom (UK) met the United Nations overseas aid target …