The International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has called on all UK aid agencies to join a misconduct disclosure scheme to stop perpetrators of sexual abuse from moving around the sector undetected. The scheme was launched in January 2019 in the …
Today there was a debate on ITV’s Good Morning Britain about whether the UK’s aid budget should be diverted to spend on domestic issues such as strengthening flood defences. Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper from the University of Oxford and Suzanne Evans, …
This letter from International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan appeared in the Telegraph on 25 February 2020.
On Sunday (16 February 2020), the Observer covered a report by Global Justice Now (GJN) on CDC, the overseas investment institution, wholly owned by the Department For International Development.
Read our response to a report about UK aid money going to a group, which invests in fossil fuel projects in developing countries.
We cannot achieve great change – either socially or economically – if half of the world’s population is not empowered to reach their full potential.
An article by International Development Minister Baroness Sugg appeared in The Times yesterday on the importance of prioritising women’s rights to achieve the Global Goal of zero poverty by 2030. On Thursday 9 January, Baroness Sugg wrote: Prioritise women’s rights …
Today The Daily Mail published a story on UK aid to corrupt countries. Read our response here.
International Development Secretary Alok Sharma wrote this piece about the upcoming UK-Africa Investment Summit in today's Daily Telegraph (January 1, 2020). Knocking on doors in my Reading West constituency during the general election, I heard very clearly that people were …
This article by International Development Secretary Alok Sharma appeared in Prospect on 5 November 2019.