Today, the International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt wrote an article for the Daily Telegraph, which has been reproduced below: International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt Britain is a development superpower. The...
An article in the Sun today (Friday 13 July) titled “Aid Boss: Brits don’t get point” highlights comments made by DFID’s Permanent Secretary Matthew Rycroft at an event held in...
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...
A leader in the Sun today (Friday 22 June 2018) titled “The Sun says: Aid for NHS” talks about the £14 billion international aid budget and suggests that “even Aid...
Today, The Sun has reported on the sponsorship of Arsenal FC by Visit Rwanda. The piece implies that aid money is being used for the sponsorship deal. This is not...
Today’s Mail on Sunday and MailOnline claims to have uncovered corruption, fraud and sexual exploitation of refugees in Uganda. An investigation into these allegations last year resulted in all payments...
Today’s Mail on Sunday and MailOnline have both implied that UK aid to Rwanda is being used to fund a £30 million sponsorship deal with Arsenal FC. This is misleading....
Media including the Mail, Guardian and the Today programme have covered a report by the International Development Committee (IDC) on Bangladesh, Burma and the Rohingya crisis where they are calling...
...people with access to healthcare services. The UK has been a leading donor and today’s announcement of humanitarian support takes the UK’s total support for the crisis since August 2017...
...Director Christine Lagarde, which discussed the threat of corruption to global development. The Guardian ran a piece on corruption today which featured quotes from both Ms Mordaunt and Ms Lagarde....