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Ensuring accountability of the development budget
The Daily Express has published an article today which claims that “billions of pounds is funnelled abroad with little accountability”. This is simply wrong.
Priti Patel
Modernising international aid rules
The UK has secured important progress at the Development Assistance Committee meetings in Paris to change the international aid rules and ensure they remain relevant for the modern world.
How the UK aid budget is spent across government
The Daily Express has published an article today highlighting how the aid budget is spent across Government.
UK aid commitments: 30 October 2017
The Daily Express published an article today claiming that 10,000 people have signed their online petition for the government to reduce the foreign aid budget. The newspaper claims that this is proof that readers want the government to direct money …
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 the money towards to the NHS and social care instead. …
The latest on the UK’s hurricane response: 1 October 2017
The latest on the UK's commitment to relief and reconstruction in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria .