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4 Nov 20
Sir Tony Redmond says that his proposals would improve England’s broken local authority audit system while improving financial transparency.
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2 Sep 20
The government will reform the body that scrutinises its aid spending as it merges its international development department with the Foreign Office, the foreign secretary has announced.
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16 Jun 20
Development organisations have criticised the government’s decision to merge its Department for International Development with its Foreign Office, especially amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
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1 May 20
The UK government’s efforts to foster gender equality through international aid are being hampered by “inaccuracy”, a watchdog has found.
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17 Apr 20
Chancellor Rishi Sunak has agreed an action plan with finance ministers of the G20 countries to help some of the world’s poorest nations.
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13 Feb 20
The Department for International Development has a new secretary of state, its fifth in less than four years, after Boris Johnson’s first major reshuffle since his landslide election win in December.
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10 Jan 20
A flagship government programme hoped to prevent sexual violence globally is “at risk of letting survivors down” after its funding was cut drastically.
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11 Dec 19
Campaigners have hit out at suggestions the Department for International Development could be rolled in the Foreign Office, warning it would “diminish” the UK’s global influence.
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19 Nov 19
Representatives from UK political parties have disagreed over whether to maintain aid spending at the current 0.7% of gross national income.
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5 Nov 19
Aid should remain focused on eliminating poverty and inequality, an NGO has highlighted to political parties ahead of the general election in December.
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22 Oct 19
The proportion of the aid budget controlled by the Department for International Development’s could be revised at the next Spending Review, international development secretary Alok Sharma has...
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8 Oct 19
More than 700 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty but it is possible to leverage scarce development resources to help change that, says the World Bank’s Akihiko Nishio.
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23 Sep 19
MPs have called on the government to clarify the impact of its £14bn aid spending programme.
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13 Sep 19
The UK government must do more to ensure departments better understand how to spend aid more efficiently, a watchdog has found.
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29 Aug 19
A government scheme to “turbo charge” private investment in developing countries’ infrastructure projects has been criticised as making an “opportunity” out of human suffering.
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21 Jun 19
Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
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7 Jun 19
“Fundamental weaknesses” in a £735m UK aid fund to help the poorest countries have left it neglecting its international development goals, a watchdog has claimed.
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21 May 19
The UK’s new international secretary Rory Stewart has got off to a good start but there is still much he can do to improve the department, says the ODI’s Simon Gill.
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9 May 19
The international development select committee has urged the government to put climate change at the heart of UK aid strategy.
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23 Apr 19
The United Kingdom’s aid budget faces cuts if rival candidates to lead the ruling Conservative Party turn it into a “political football”, an MP has claimed.
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12 Apr 19
Delays and uncertainty in funding decisions have weakened the impact of UK aid projects delivered by civil society organisations, says a watchdog.
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29 Mar 19
The UK has committed an additional £200 million of aid to war-torn Yemen so far this year to help tackle the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
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7 Mar 19
The UK has announced it will give £2m aid support to organisations around the world as part of a campaign to end period poverty.
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28 Feb 19
The UK should set up a development bank to fund long-term projects after leaving the European Union to stay a leading aid actor, an MP has urged.
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26 Feb 19
The UK government is to provide an additional £200m of aid to Yemen, where millions of people are suffering in what has been called the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis”.
4 Nov 20Sir Tony Redmond says that his proposals would improve England’s broken local authority audit system while improving financial transparency.
2 Sep 20The government will reform the body that scrutinises its aid spending as it merges its international development department with the Foreign Office, the foreign secretary has announced.
17 Apr 20Chancellor Rishi Sunak has agreed an action plan with finance ministers of the G20 countries to help some of the world’s poorest nations.
13 Feb 20The Department for International Development has a new secretary of state, its fifth in less than four years, after Boris Johnson’s first major reshuffle since his landslide election win in December.
10 Jan 20A flagship government programme hoped to prevent sexual violence globally is “at risk of letting survivors down” after its funding was cut drastically.
11 Dec 19Campaigners have hit out at suggestions the Department for International Development could be rolled in the Foreign Office, warning it would “diminish” the UK’s global influence.
19 Nov 19Representatives from UK political parties have disagreed over whether to maintain aid spending at the current 0.7% of gross national income.
22 Oct 19The proportion of the aid budget controlled by the Department for International Development’s could be revised at the next Spending Review, international development secretary Alok Sharma has...
8 Oct 19More than 700 million people worldwide still live in extreme poverty but it is possible to leverage scarce development resources to help change that, says the World Bank’s Akihiko Nishio.
29 Aug 19A government scheme to “turbo charge” private investment in developing countries’ infrastructure projects has been criticised as making an “opportunity” out of human suffering.
21 Jun 19Concentrating UK aid on large middle-income countries risks reducing the focus on poverty and the government’s new “leaving no one behind” philosophy, a watchdog has said.
7 Jun 19“Fundamental weaknesses” in a £735m UK aid fund to help the poorest countries have left it neglecting its international development goals, a watchdog has claimed.
23 Apr 19The United Kingdom’s aid budget faces cuts if rival candidates to lead the ruling Conservative Party turn it into a “political football”, an MP has claimed.
29 Mar 19The UK has committed an additional £200 million of aid to war-torn Yemen so far this year to help tackle the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
7 Mar 19The UK has announced it will give £2m aid support to organisations around the world as part of a campaign to end period poverty.
