The government should not reconsider its oft-criticised commitment to spending 0.7% of national income on overseas aid, the former prime minister told a committee yesterday.
UK aid cash transfer programmes that have been excoriated in the press have been found to deliver strong value for money and reduce poverty by an aid watchdog.
The UK has edged further toward what critics decry as a move to privatise its aid budget after MPs passed a controversial bill through House of Commons yesterday.
A government project to build a commercial airport on the UK overseas territory of St Helena at a cost of £285m was a “fiasco” that “unquestionably failed” taxpayers, the Public Accounts Committee...
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.
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.
The 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.
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 ensure value for money.
The UK’s lack of a “strategic and comprehensive approach” to the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals is deeply concerning, the country’s International Development Select Committee has...
Value for money for international aid spending is often undermined by deficiencies in the United Nations system, a review by the UK parliament’s Public Accounts Committee has found.
The way the UK’s counter-terrorism policies hamper the work of aid organisations in Syria in particular is “foolish and unfair”, two former international development secretaries have said.
UK prime minister David Cameron is “conning” the British public by spending the country’s aid budget on military and defence activities, the shadow international development minister has said.
The UK’s Department for International Development needs to be better placed to ensure value for money in its response to fluid, long-term crises, the country’s public spending watchdog has said.