Today (Tuesday 30 July), David Miliband, President and Chief Executive of the International Rescue Committee wrote in The Times’ Red Box column on the importance DFID’s independence. He wrote “DFID...
...in school longer and achieve more. Women can get jobs and contribute to their economies. Countries prosper. Today I’m proud to announce a new UK aid package for the Safe...
The Daily Mail has today run a critical report and leader on the UK aid funded Connecting Classrooms programme which helps children in the UK and developing countries to learn...
The Daily Mail today (Saturday 4 August) reports that the UK is to double its funding of a scheme that gives cash and debit card payments directly to needy families...
Today’s Daily Express (11 January 2018) features a story that suggests UK aid is being used to fund payments from the Palestinian Authority to prisoners and their families, two of...
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...
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...
...transforms women’s lives – giving them the choices and control over their futures that women in the UK enjoy today. In July, we announced the UK will rise to the...
The Telegraph, The Express and a number of regional media today report on the news that Minister Stewart has announced a new package of aid to meet emergency humanitarian needs...
Today’s Mail on Sunday misleadingly reports that DFID is supporting a company, which seeks to help Chinese manufacturers move their factories to Africa and to “make profits for Chinese businesses”....