UK aid commitments: 24 October 2017
The Daily Express front page story today (Tuesday 24 October 2017) led with claims that the UK should abandon its commitment to spend 0.7% of income on development and direct...
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Emergency response to Sierra Leone flooding
...on the devastating loss of life, as claimed in the Guardian today. In fact, the UK was among the first to respond to this emergency and at the heart of...
Update on UK aid’s response to the earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia
...An extra humanitarian expert from the UK has deployed today to provide further support. The UK team will look to go to affected areas, including Palu, where they will assess...
UK aid to help developing countries tackle coronavirus
...will only be effective if we strengthen the healthcare systems of vulnerable developing countries too." The front pages of the Sunday Times and Sunday Telegraph today reference this new support....
UK aid marks World Polio Day
...tirelessly to end the disease around the world. We have made tremendous progress to fight the disease, and members of the Rotary Club here today have been pivotal in this,...
Aid from the UK reaches those affected by Hurricane Dorian
...but had been on Abaco island himself. Today's Mail on Sunday also highlights the role the UK is playing in responding to the crisis. Separately, today’s Sun on Sunday reports...
DFID humanitarian experts responding to Hurricane Dorian
Dr Jonathan Stone, one of DFID’s humanitarian experts deployed to the Bahamas, appeared on BBC’s Radio 4 Today Programme and Good Morning Britain today (Wednesday 4 September 2019) to discuss...
UK support for Hurricane Dorian survivors
...in the Bahamas. A team of three arrived in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas yesterday, with a fourth member due to arrive today. DFID’s team is working alongside the...
Britain 'to spend millions in fight against child sex tourism'
The Times today reports that “money from the overseas aid budget is to be used in the fight against child sex tourism and the growing problem of livestreamed abuse”. It...
UK aid response to Southern African cyclone
...million of UK aid was announced yesterday. Today (20 March) DFID announced it would, in addition, be aid matching the Disasters Emergency Committee's appeal for victims of Cyclone Idai. Our...