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8 Aug 17
British government departments have been asked to propose projects for overseas aid where there is clear potential for high-impact work in financial services, insurance, business services,...
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4 Aug 17
The Department for International Development has published a mixed response to a review of its work in Africa by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact.
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18 Jul 17
The UK government needs to ensure all departments are supported to spend Office Development Assistance responsibly and effectively, national auditors said today.
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23 Jun 17
The UK’s aid watchdog has said the country’s £185m in support for Somalia last year delivered “significant achievements”.
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22 Jun 17
The UK is to spend £75m ($95m) on tackling the migration crisis in the Mediterranean over the next three years, prime minister Theresa May will announce tomorrow.
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12 May 17
UK Aid’s chief civil servant and CIPFA member Sir Mark Lowcock has been appointed as the next head of the United Nation’s humanitarian operations.
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9 May 17
The UK’s emphasis on serving its own interests through its aid spending takes away from its effectiveness in reducing global poverty, according to a British economics think-tank.
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5 May 17
One in four African children will attend private schools by 2021, according to research by consultancy firm Caerus Capital.
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27 Apr 17
The UK should scale up its overseas aid to the “shamefully underfunded” education sector, British MPs have urged the country’s aid chief.
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25 Apr 17
The development impact of money channelled through UK Aid’s controversial private equity arm is still unclear, the country’s Public Accounts Committee has concluded.
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21 Apr 17
The UK’s commitment to spending 0.7% of its national income on aid would not be scrapped under a new Conservative government, prime minister Theresa May has said.
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16 Apr 17
The UK has today announced £205m in aid to protect over 200 million people from treatable tropical diseases that receive little international attention.
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6 Apr 17
Campaigners have called for greater transparency in British aid spending as it is channelled through an increasingly broad range of government departments.
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5 Apr 17
The UK has pledged almost £100m of new funding to help landmine clearance in developing countries, tripling its existing commitment in the area.
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4 Apr 17
“Appalling” behaviour by UK aid contractors is facilitated by a hands-off approach to procurement by the country’s aid department, Britain’s parliamentary aid watchdog has concluded.
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28 Mar 17
Over 60 for-profit private schools run by Bridge International Academies in Uganda will not be closed by the country’s ministry of education, the company’s co-founder said today.
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28 Mar 17
A fixation on proving spending is effective could be limiting the potential of the UK’s £12bn aid budget, the country’s parliamentary aid watchdog has warned.
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20 Mar 17
UK aid is to fund training courses in financial management, governance and cost effectiveness to smaller British organisations managing humanitarian projects around the world.
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14 Mar 17
The controversial private sector investment arm of the UK's Department for International Development has just been given access to a lot more of the country's aid money, but does it also have the...
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10 Mar 17
UK-funded aid projects to address irregular migration through the central Mediterranean are not yet effective, the country’s aid watchdog has warned.
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2 Mar 17
Accusations of misconduct have prompted the entire top management of private sector aid firm Adam Smith International (ASI) to resign.
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24 Feb 17
The UK has come under fire for dressing up a £100m ($125m) aid package for South Sudan as “new” when in fact it had already been allocated for the country in 2018.
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22 Feb 17
The UK has announced £200m in new aid for Somalia and South Sudan, both of which are teetering on the brink of widespread famine.
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17 Feb 17
The UK should slash its £12bn per year aid budget by 80%, one of the country’s most right wing popular parties has said.
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13 Feb 17
UK aid’s parliamentary watchdog has raised “serious concerns” about the conduct of one of the country’s main aid contractors.