UK aid commitments: 30 October 2017
The Daily Express published an article today claiming that 10,000 people have signed their online petition for the government to reduce the foreign aid budget. The newspaper claims that this...
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How the UK aid budget is spent across government
The Daily Express has published an article today highlighting how the aid budget is spent across government. The piece outlines how the Department for International Development spends three quarters of...
UK aid commitments
The Daily Express has published an article today with a number of claims about the development budget, including that the UK’s commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of gross national...
Ensuring accountability of the development budget
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The Daily Express has published an article today which claims that “billions of pounds is funnelled abroad with little accountability”. This is simply wrong. The International Development Secretary Priti Patel...
Transparency in the Development Budget
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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. The suggestion...
Penny Mordaunt appointed International Development Secretary
...included coverage across BBC News, ITV News, Channel 4 News and Sky News on Thursday 9 November after the appointment was made. It continued today with reports in newspapers including...
UK leads international response to Rohingya crisis
...Anna Dubuis/DFID The latest report from Sky News today (Monday 13 November) depicts the harrowing atrocities that hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have been unable to escape Burma are...
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt stands with the Caribbean and Overseas Territories to build back better
International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt stands with the Caribbean and Overseas Territories to build back better Over the weekend and today (Monday 20 November 2017), newspapers and online news outlets...
IDC report on DFID's education work
Today, the International Development Committee (IDC) published a report on DFID’s work on education, acknowledging that DFID is a global leader, giving millions of children in the poorest and most...
International Development Secretary visits Bangladesh and announces extra UK support for Rohingya refugees
...UK aid is saving lives with urgently needed humanitarian assistance. In a double-page spread in The Sun today (27 November 2017), Ms Mordaunt is seen meeting women who escaped from...