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...
...basis. It is smart to spend money now, so we don’t have to spend much more later.” The Secretary of State’s words and pledge was carried on Sky News and...
...launched a new International Development Infrastructure Commission which aims to turbo-charge investment in sustainable infrastructure. This Commission's aim is to help a wider effort to plug a $2.5 trillion funding...
...injecting new urgency and energy in tackling some vital human rights issues that have been neglected for too long, including modern slavery and child exploitation, whilst also boosting global efforts...
...bidding for any new UK Government funding until DFID is satisfied that they can meet the high standards we expect of all our partners. “We made our expectations clear at...
The International Development Secretary Alok Sharma has announced a new UK aid programme, What Works to Prevent Violence: Impact at Scale, to help stop violence against one million of the...
...still exists in Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan, with 11 new cases this year. This last push will help break the relentless cycle of poverty for millions more children so they...
As the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) announced that Raqqa has been liberated from Daesh, a new UK aid package will clear deadly landmines and restore hospitals and medical treatment for...
...its development spending on modern slavery to £150 million. This will enable more work in collaboration with source and transit countries to clamp down on this barbaric crime. New estimates...
...Climate Finance (ICF) to at least £11.6 billion over the next 5 years. An example of an ICF programme is the Ayrton Fund, which supports British scientists to create new...