The aid budget only goes up as the UK economy grows
Papers have today reacted to the latest statistics on international development, published yesterday, which show the aid budget grew to nearly £14 billion in 2017 – because of the UK’s...
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Explaining British support for Palestinian education
Today’s Sunday Times and Daily Mail report that UK aid money is spent by the Palestinian Authority on textbooks that could incite hatred against Israel. As International Development Minister Alistair...
DFID in the News: Call for bold tech ideas to help deliver aid in conflict zones
The Daily Telegraph reports today (Thursday 22 March) that the International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt has launched an £11 million fund to find innovative ways to deliver aid in war...
The Daily Express on aid spending and the NHS
The Daily Express today published the results of a poll they conducted, which found 84% of UK taxpayers would support using the foreign aid budget to fund the NHS, adult...
DFID response to International Development Committee report on monsoon preparedness in Cox’s Bazar
Today (Tuesday 20 March), the International Development Committee (IDC) published its report into monsoon preparedness in Cox’s Bazar, where almost a million persecuted Rohingya people are living in the fragile...
Mail on Sunday claims on aid to China
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Today’s Mail on Sunday reports that China is set to give the Russian government money as part of the country's aid and loan programmes, while claiming that the UK government...
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...
International Development Secretary speaks about Jo Cox's humanitarian legacy
...piece published in The Times’ Red Box today, Ms Mordaunt wrote about their relationship when Jo was an opposition back bencher and she was Minister of State for the Armed...
DFID response to Adam Smith International ending their voluntary withdrawal from the DFID procurement process
The Daily Mail today (Saturday 24 February) reports that Adam Smith International (ASI) have ended their voluntary withdrawal from the DFID procurement process and can now bid for new DFID...
International Development Secretary’s statement to Parliament on Oxfam and safeguarding in the aid sector
...hold the UN to account for this. Further actions we have taken in the last week include the creation of a new Safeguarding Unit. We have also promoted our whistleblowing...