UK aid responds to media coverage of National Audit Office report into cross-government aid spend
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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.
The Times reports that the UK has ‘lied’ about ending poverty for millions of people in the poorest countries.
The headline is unfair and the story does not reflect DFID’s full statement.
Papers have today reacted to the latest statistics on international development, published yesterday, which show the aid budget grew to nearly £14 billion in 2017 – because of the UK’s economic success. The Daily Mail and The Sun have suggested …
Today (20 February), the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) published a review into how well the Department for International Development spends money. Its findings were broadly positive, saying DFID is a “global champion” when it came to value for money, and it was helping to make UK aid spending go further.
There is continued coverage across broadcast and newspapers this morning of the allegations and investigation of sexual exploitation by Oxfam staff members in Haiti in 2011. Stories in The Times, The Today Programme, The Telegraph, Sky News, BBC, The Guardian, …
Today’s newspapers feature coverage of a number projects funded by the UK’s international development budget.
Prime Minister Theresa May has appointed the Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt as International Development Secretary. There is widespread coverage of Penny Mordaunt’s appointment in broadcast, print and digital media.
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.