Today the International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt announced a new package of support for the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), warning that 2018 could be the bleakest year...
Today’s Daily Mail reports the UK is one of seven nations to hit the target of spending 0.7% of national income on international development. Its story is based on a...
Today, as reported across the BBC and other outlets, the International Development Secretary has announced the UK’s replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) at a conference in Dakar...
There is continued media coverage today (Sunday 11 February) of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by Oxfam staff in Haiti in 2011 and other charity workers. The International Development...
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...
...this room today, and all the good works done? For be in no doubt that is what has happened. It may have started with an attitude born of fundraising pressures,...
International Development Secretary and Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson issued a joint statement today to mark seven years of the conflict in Syria. They drew particular attention to the dire humanitarian...
Today, The Times reports that £4.4 million recovered in a corruption case by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is going to be transferred to DFID to help people in desperate...
...An extra humanitarian expert from the UK has deployed today to provide further support. The UK team will look to go to affected areas, including Palu, where they will assess...
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt spoke today at the Department for International Development’s Investment Arm, CDC, about how the private sector can support international development globally. In a speech which...