UK International Development Select Committee
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17 Jul 18The 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... -
2 Feb 18The UK’s £225m pledge to the “global learning crisis” is disappointing and falls short of what was expected, MPs on the international development committee have said. -
27 Apr 17The 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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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 17Over 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 17A 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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2 Mar 17Accusations of misconduct have prompted the entire top management of private sector aid firm Adam Smith International (ASI) to resign. -
13 Feb 17UK aid’s parliamentary watchdog has raised “serious concerns” about the conduct of one of the country’s main aid contractors.
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12 Jan 17UK 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. -
2 Dec 16The 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. -
9 Nov 16The 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. -
15 Sep 16British 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... -
27 Jul 16Tackling poverty, corruption, conflict and problems with basic services in Nigeria is one of the most important development challenges of this century, according to the UK’s International Development... -
10 May 16British MPs have weighed into a row over the first-ever World Humanitarian Summit, due to be held in Istanbul later this month, stressing that defending International Humanitarian Law (IHL) should be... -
5 May 16British MPs have criticised the UK government for its “deeply disappointing” insistence that Saudi Arabia has not breached international humanitarian law (IHL) in the conflict in Yemen.
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