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1 Feb 19
The UK has become the first donor to a new fund aimed at reviving Iraq’s economy and rebuilding damaged hospitals, schools and infrastructure.
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14 Dec 18
The UK’s International Development Committee has launched an inquiry on the government's progress towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goals.
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30 Nov 18
A top UK Department for International Development civil servant has vowed to fight attempts to spend increasing amounts of aid money outside his department.
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14 Nov 18
The UK could follow Donald Trump’s lead and stop funding Unesco, the UN’s cultural and education body, saving £11.1m a year.
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8 Nov 18
The UK is giving £50m to help stop mothers and babies dying in childbirth in developing countries.
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1 Nov 18
Wealthy countries faced with economic shocks after natural disasters will be able to apply for official development assistance as international aid rules are changed.
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31 Oct 18
The UK may have exaggerated the number of women’s lives saved through its maternal health and family planning programmes, an aid watchdog has claimed.
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23 Oct 18
The UK government has called on countries across the world to compile lists of companies with anonymous owners to help crack down on corruption.
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19 Oct 18
British aid money is going to help launch a global register of sex offenders that aims to crack down on abuse in the sector.
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15 Oct 18
Penny Mordaunt has proposed plans to change the rules on aid to include millions of pounds from private investment and “reduce the ask on the public purse”.
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1 Oct 18
International donors have pledged help for Indonesia after it was hit by a deadly earthquake and tsunami on Friday, killing more than 800 people.
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27 Sep 18
The UK’s Department for International Development has “significant weaknesses” in contract management with commercial suppliers, a watchdog has found.
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14 Sep 18
Civil society organisations have expressed disappointment the UK government has not heeded the advice of a group of MPs on aid spending.
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7 Sep 18
A new British aid package will support efforts by the United Nations to deliver healthcare and education to the Palestinians.
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7 Sep 18
Innovative UK-funded technology including radars and remote-controlled machines will help rid Africa and Asia of landmines and protect more than 820,000 people.
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24 Aug 18
The UK will compensate British NGOs for any loss of EU aid funding in the event of a ‘no deal’ Brexit, the government has said in a letter to the charities.
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13 Aug 18
The UK is committed to helping Sudan become a more stable economy with new humanitarian aid, a minister has announced.
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9 Aug 18
The UK has pledged to help Ethiopia transform its tax system and become less reliant on aid, the Department for International Development has announced.
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31 Jul 18
More of the money donated to international charities – including from governments around the world - should go towards making it easier to whistleblow against charity sector abuse.
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30 Jul 18
The UK has announced a new £10m aid package to help more than a million people in Afghanistan living at risk from drought.
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24 Jul 18
The UK will help Nigeria to build a sustainable economy and enable rural communities to become self-sufficient, Britain’s international development secretary has pledged.
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18 Jul 18
The UK is threatening to block aid money to European Union projects after Brexit if Brussels excludes British aid agencies from its work.
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17 Jul 18
The UK Department for International Development must remain focused on reducing poverty to ensure its trade-led development strategy does not harm the world’s most vulnerable people, says a group of...
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28 Jun 18
Penny Mordaunt has pledged to help Commonwealth veterans living in poverty through the British aid budget, in a speech at a think-tank today.
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22 Jun 18
The way the UK spends its international aid budget will be “reset” to help the world’s poor and win back the trust of “sceptical” British taxpayers, Penny Mordaunt has said.