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 …
This morning, Minister for Africa Harriett Baldwin spoke to BBC Radio Four Woman’s Hour about the situation facing women and girls in South Sudan and explained how UK aid is helping girls in the country to stay in school and …
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 …
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 …
Today, the International Development Secretary gave a speech at Policy Exchange in London today (Thursday 28 June 2018) setting out how development and defence can work more closely together and how the UK is doing its bit for Commonwealth veterans. …
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.
This week, ITV News and BBC News have reported from Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh on the Rohingya crisis, showing disturbing footage of victims of violence and persecution who have made the treacherous journey from Burma to Bangladesh.
Today, The Sun has reported on the sponsorship of Arsenal FC by Visit Rwanda. The piece implies that aid money is being used for the sponsorship deal. This is not correct. DFID does not give any money to Visit Rwanda …
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 …
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 …