UK response to Hurricane Maria: 20 September 2017
There has been further media coverage today about Hurricane Maria which is hitting islands across the Caribbean. This is only the second time two category five hurricanes have been in...
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Reconstruction support for Antigua and Barbuda: 29 October 2017
The Observer reports today (29 October 2017) that Gaston Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, claims his country is being overlooked in the Hurricane Irma and Maria relief efforts...
Modernising international aid rules
...or natural disasters. Today’s agreement is a real step forward. Progress on this, and the other reforms we have confirmed today - including boosting aid for UN peacekeeping missions -...
International Development Statistics 2017
Today’s newspapers feature coverage of a number projects funded by the UK’s international development budget. It comes after annual stats were published yesterday, which detail how much the UK is...
Tackling plastic pollution in the world’s oceans
There are reports in the news today on how the UK’s international development budget could be used to tackle plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. This comes as a scientific...
Nobody does humanitarian aid better than Britain - International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt
Today the International Development Secretary Penny Mordaunt announced a new package of support for the United Nations’ Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), warning that 2018 could be the bleakest year...
Daily Mail on 0.7%
Today’s Daily Mail reports the UK is one of seven nations to hit the target of spending 0.7% of national income on international development. Its story is based on a...
UK raises its annual contribution to Global Partnership for Education by 50%
Today, as reported across the BBC and other outlets, the International Development Secretary has announced the UK’s replenishment of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) at a conference in Dakar...
Sexual exploitation and abuse allegations
There is continued media coverage today (Sunday 11 February) of allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse by Oxfam staff in Haiti in 2011 and other charity workers. The International Development...
DFID hailed as 'global champion' on value for money
Today (20 February), the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) published a review into how well the Department for International Development spends money. Its findings were broadly positive, saying DFID...