Simone Rensch

Public Finance International reporter

Recent articles

Government ‘must tackle child poverty’

The government should tackle child poverty before it reaches record highs and re-think its welfare... Read more
UK gives £47m to improve developing countries’ tax systems

The UK government is to give a £47m package of support to developing countries to boost their tax... Read more
‘Stressed and anxious police need extra resources’

Policing needs more money to ease the pressure on struggling officers, who are increasingly working... Read more
UK donates £6.5m health aid to Venezuela

The UK has donated £6.5m to deliver medicines and clean water to people affected by the crisis in... Read more
DWP slammed for not evaluating wellbeing cost of sanctions

MPs have criticised the government’s decision to reject their calls to ease benefit sanctions for... Read more
EC funding withdrawal leaves UK aid agencies facing potential shortfall

Swiss NGOs face losing out on European Union aid funds – and UK organisations could be in the same... Read more
MPs rubbish chancellor’s ‘Brexit dividend’ claim

The chancellor’s claim that the Brexit agreement would bring a ‘deal dividend’ to keep taxes low... Read more
Post-Brexit foreign aid plans a ‘recipe for disaster’

Calls for a multi-billion-pound cut in the UK’s foreign aid budget and the abolition of the... Read more
UK aid will help Iraq to rebuild

The UK has become the first donor to a new fund aimed at reviving Iraq’s economy and rebuilding... Read more
Government urged to tackle aid inconsistencies

The government’s “inconsistent” spending of its aid budget is undermining efforts to tackle extreme... Read more

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