Media have today (June 20) covered the National Audit Office’s (NAO) report on cross-government aid spend. The report, published this morning, acknowledges there is “good evidence” that many UK...
Today (24 June 2019), The Telegraph has published an article online about UK aid and Syria, which includes some factually incorrect statements. The authors claim that UK aid has not...
...the International Development Secretary on the Today programme on Radio 4, The News at One on BBC1 and the 6 O' Clock News on Radio 4. During the interviews he...
The Mail on Sunday has today published a story which asks the question in its headline: Did the family of UK aid’s poster boy steal taxpayers’ cash meant for earthquake...
...environment, wildlife, vulnerable families and communities - and this includes investing in renewable energy. I am today announcing DFID’s biggest ever single direct aid investment in climate and the environment...
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...
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...
...and BBC Radio Four’s Today Programme on the UK’s position towards Syria and Idlib. She underlined that the responsibility for the atrocities seen in Idlib, including the “deaths of 890...
Today (Tuesday 6 August) the International Development Committee (IDC) published a report which highlighted the appalling number of attacks on aid and healthcare workers in conflict-affected countries and called on...
The Financial Times has published a story today on safety concerns for some UK aid funded classrooms in Pakistan. DFID’s partner, IMC, responsible for building the classrooms, has identified 261...