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9 Feb 17
Fraud could be having a bigger effect on Britain’s aid budget than reported figures suggest, the country’s auditors have warned.
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31 Jan 17
The UK is to redouble its efforts to boost the trade and economies of poorer countries as it looks to capitalise on the potential freedom from European Union rules presented by Brexit.
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30 Jan 17
The UK’s development agency should be scrapped because of “out of control” spending, according to a former minister of state at the department.
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27 Jan 17
The UK should not reconsider its commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid, the country's former prime minister Gordon Brown told a committee yesterday.
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20 Jan 17
A British conservative think-tank has called on the country’s government to review its commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on overseas aid.
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12 Jan 17
UK aid cash transfer programmes that have been excoriated in the British press have been found to deliver strong value for money and reduce poverty by the country’s aid watchdog.
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11 Jan 17
The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through the country’s House of Commons yesterday.
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9 Jan 17
An NGO that uses multimedia to champion girls’ rights has lost UK aid funding after being targeted with criticism by the country's press.
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16 Dec 16
UK aid is falling short in its ambition to educate the poorest and most vulnerable girls, with programmes missing their original objectives and sometimes abandoning targets focused on girls...
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2 Dec 16
The UK’s aid agency has announced it is to “turbo charge” its focus on trade as part of a long-delayed review into its work overseas.
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30 Nov 16
British MPs have said moves to quadruple funding for the UK aid agency’s private sector arm open the door to the privatisation of the aid budget and could divert funding from the world’s poorest...
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28 Nov 16
Demonstrating that the UK aid agency’s private sector arm makes a difference to the poorest people remains a “significant challenge”, the country’s National Audit Office has concluded.
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23 Nov 16
The UK’s aid department is under fire for “astounding” plans to channel billions of pounds more through its controversial private sector arm, which regularly routes funds through tax havens.
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18 Nov 16
A for-profit education provider that has been ordered to close its schools in Uganda has been given an award for its work from an alliance of businesses and universities and KPMG.
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16 Nov 16
Poor communication and relationship management weakened the process of ending the UK’s traditional aid relationships with countries including India, China and South Africa, a review has found.
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9 Nov 16
The UK’s Department for International Development may struggle to deliver its goals if the pound fails to recover from its post-EU referendum plunge, the department’s permanent secretary has warned.
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4 Nov 16
Uganda’s high court has ruled that an order to close 63 schools run by a controversial, for-profit provider should go ahead.
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2 Nov 16
The UK has been urged to continue to tackle the crises in global education through international forums and institutions like the G7 and the World Bank, an approach the country’s current aid chief...
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6 Oct 16
A widely criticised private school provider has come under yet more fire today as teachers’ unions have slammed its methods and called for its closure.
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5 Oct 16
The UK is one of only a handful of countries that spends 0.7% of Gross National Income on aid. What are the arguments for and against?
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27 Sep 16
The UK’s overseas development department has not done enough to ensure developing nations have a strong voice in the international fight against tax avoidance, according to the country’s aid watchdog...
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26 Sep 16
More than a quarter of the UK’s aid money will be spent by ministries other than its Department for International Development by 2020, forecasts have shown.
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16 Sep 16
The UK government must urgently cease the sale of all weapons to Saudi Arabia until an independent inquiry can be conducted into reports that British-made munitions are being used against civilians...
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15 Sep 16
British MPs have quizzed Priti Patel, the country’s new secretary of state for international development, over her remarks that sparked concern about the future of one of the world’s leading aid...
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9 Aug 16
The UK’s aid watchdog has warned that some aid funds going to conflict-affected areas may be being diverted from their intended purpose and said “urgent attention” is needed to...