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UK aid projects and spending across government
As the Prime Minister said in Cape Town last year, we are unashamed about the need to ensure our aid programme works for the UK, combating extreme poverty while supporting the UK’s national interest
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Spending 0.7% on UK aid - and in the national interest
The UK government has committed to spend 0.7% of our national income on aid. This commitment, enshrined in law, contributes to Britain’s reputation as a development superpower.
Penny Mordaunt on the aid budget and investing in the developing world
Penny Mordaunt has written about the aid budget, including her thoughts on starting a national conversation about how British savers and pension holders can invest in developing countries, and both earn a return and do good in the world
UK aid spending in 2017
Our UK aid budget only goes up when the UK economy grows, a sign of our economic success.
UK aid support to ClientEarth
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.
Aid to India: No UK aid has funded Unity Statue
No UK aid has been used to fund the ‘Unity Statue’ in India
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 …