UK aid's role in Libyan detention centres
The UK government is encouraging the Libyan authorities to improve conditions in detention centres and UK aid provides humanitarian support to those who are in them
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It is only with thorough evaluation, we can ensure aid does work
DFID stands by its decision to fund the project in northern Ghana, but accepts the robust, independent evaluation, which concluded it should be not be scaled up
Permanent Secretary on the importance of explaining DFID’s work
The Telegraph today reports on comments made by DFID’s Permanent Secretary Matthew Rycroft in a recent interview with Civil Service World. Its headline is “Public mistrust of foreign aid budget is ‘valid criticism’”. The paper focusses very narrowly on comments …
Permanent Secretary speech on Aid and Development after Brexit
An article in the Sun today (Friday 13 July) titled “Aid Boss: Brits don’t get point” highlights comments made by DFID’s Permanent Secretary Matthew Rycroft at an event held in London yesterday (Thursday 12 July) on aid and development post …
Independent on Sunday on tackling sexual harassment and abuse at UNAIDS
The Independent on Sunday has today reported on comments made by the chairman of the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) to campaigner Paula Donovan, who runs the Code Blue Campaign. The UK is committed to tackling sexual harassment and sexual exploitation …
International aid support to corrupt countries
Today’s newspapers (Daily Mail, Telegraph) include coverage of claims that the world’s most corrupt countries should not receive international aid. These are valid concerns and we recognise the difficulties involved in working in the most fragile and dangerous parts of …
Penny Mordaunt's speech to the Bond Annual Conference
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt spoke to the aid sector at their annual gathering in London on 26 February.
International Development Secretary’s statement to Parliament on Oxfam and safeguarding in the aid sector
DFID's response to the sexual abuse and exploitation perpetrated by charity workers in Haiti in 2011, and the measures we are taking to improve safeguarding across the aid sector.
UK aid is making the world…and the UK…a better, safer, more prosperous place
Penny Mordaunt wrote a powerful piece laying out the case for UK aid in The Daily Express today. The International Development Secretary argued “Britain has a moral responsibility to help lift people less fortunate out of poverty”. But she also highlighted how UK aid’s work was making the UK itself “more secure and prosperous”.
Penny Mordaunt calls for end to FGM by 2030
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt marked the International Day to End FGM (female genital mutilation) on February 6th by announcing an ambition to end the practice by 2030.