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17 Apr 18
The UK government has pledged £23.5m to help Asian regions better forecast natural disasters, the Department for International Development announced yesterday.
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12 Apr 18
UK overseas aid will be diverted away from “governments who can afford to, yet choose not to, invest in their own people”, international development secretary Penny Mordaunt has said.
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5 Apr 18
The UK is giving another £3m to countries in Africa and Asia to tackle the threat of landmines.
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3 Apr 18
Distributed ledger technologies, such as blockchain, promise to revolutionise public services from electoral registers to tax collection. Rachel Willcox looks at progress so far.
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27 Mar 18
The UK’s aid spending is “chaotic”, Labour’s shadow international development secretary has said, setting out her own ‘feminist’ plan for global development.
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12 Mar 18
The UK and Saudi Arabia are to partner up to boost economic development and infrastructure in some of the world’s poorest drought and conflict-hit countries.
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7 Mar 18
The UK government should have been better prepared to assist overseas territories hit by hurricanes in September, the Foreign Affairs Committee has said.
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5 Mar 18
The International Federation of Accountants has named Kevin Dancey as its next chief executive officer.
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21 Feb 18
The UK will withhold funding from the United Nations if it does not take action amid allegations of sexual misconduct by aid workers, the secretary for international development has warned.
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21 Feb 18
The UK’s current tax policy making process is not “fit for purpose” outside the European Union, a think-tank has said.
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19 Feb 18
Oxfam has agreed not to bid for any new UK government funding until it reforms after allegations of sexual misconduct by aid workers.
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8 Feb 18
The Department of International Development will help promote transparency in developing countries and international programmes to improve accountability through a new initiative.
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6 Feb 18
The UK and China have agreed deals worth more than £9.3bn following a three-day trade mission in China by British prime minister Theresa May.
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2 Feb 18
The 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.
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23 Jan 18
The growth of the UK economy in the next two years is expected to trail behind the global average, according to economic forecasters from the International Monetary Fund.
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16 Jan 18
The UK could cut aid for richer developing countries that fail to “take responsibility” and do not invest in their own people, the international development secretary Penny Mordaunt has said.
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4 Jan 18
The UK Department for International Development has announced a new £21m package of support for humanitarian crises in 2018.
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20 Dec 17
The UK has pledged to provide an extra £50m to help stop “human tragedy” in Yemen and feed millions in need.
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15 Dec 17
The UK will pledge a £140m fund to tackle the effects of climate change on poorer countries, at the One Planet Summit in Paris on Tuesday.
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5 Dec 17
Further reforms are needed to cope with ageing populations as global public spending on pensions has risen by about 1.5% of GDP since 2000, the OECD has said.
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1 Dec 17
The UK has vowed to “stamp out” modern slavery through a £40m aid package, the international development secretary has announced today.
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28 Nov 17
The UK economy will continue to slow until at least 2019, according to analysis from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
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21 Nov 17
Donor countries should spend significantly more on global education to close the $1.8trn funding gap and help countries progress out of poverty, British MPs have said.
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16 Nov 17
Tax avoidance is “utterly and totally immoral and wrong” and is “damaging public services”, the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for responsible tax has told the...
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9 Nov 17
Penny Mordaunt will join the cabinet as the new UK secretary of state for international development, following the resignation of Priti Patel.
17 Apr 18The UK government has pledged £23.5m to help Asian regions better forecast natural disasters, the Department for International Development announced yesterday.
12 Apr 18UK overseas aid will be diverted away from “governments who can afford to, yet choose not to, invest in their own people”, international development secretary Penny Mordaunt has said.
5 Apr 18The UK is giving another £3m to countries in Africa and Asia to tackle the threat of landmines.
3 Apr 18Distributed ledger technologies, such as blockchain, promise to revolutionise public services from electoral registers to tax collection. Rachel Willcox looks at progress so far.
27 Mar 18The UK’s aid spending is “chaotic”, Labour’s shadow international development secretary has said, setting out her own ‘feminist’ plan for global development.
7 Mar 18The UK government should have been better prepared to assist overseas territories hit by hurricanes in September, the Foreign Affairs Committee has said.
5 Mar 18The International Federation of Accountants has named Kevin Dancey as its next chief executive officer.
21 Feb 18The UK’s current tax policy making process is not “fit for purpose” outside the European Union, a think-tank has said.
19 Feb 18Oxfam has agreed not to bid for any new UK government funding until it reforms after allegations of sexual misconduct by aid workers.
8 Feb 18The Department of International Development will help promote transparency in developing countries and international programmes to improve accountability through a new initiative.
6 Feb 18The UK and China have agreed deals worth more than £9.3bn following a three-day trade mission in China by British prime minister Theresa May.
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.
23 Jan 18The growth of the UK economy in the next two years is expected to trail behind the global average, according to economic forecasters from the International Monetary Fund.
20 Dec 17The UK has pledged to provide an extra £50m to help stop “human tragedy” in Yemen and feed millions in need.
15 Dec 17The UK will pledge a £140m fund to tackle the effects of climate change on poorer countries, at the One Planet Summit in Paris on Tuesday.
5 Dec 17Further reforms are needed to cope with ageing populations as global public spending on pensions has risen by about 1.5% of GDP since 2000, the OECD has said.
1 Dec 17The UK has vowed to “stamp out” modern slavery through a £40m aid package, the international development secretary has announced today.
28 Nov 17The UK economy will continue to slow until at least 2019, according to analysis from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
21 Nov 17Donor countries should spend significantly more on global education to close the $1.8trn funding gap and help countries progress out of poverty, British MPs have said.
16 Nov 17Tax avoidance is “utterly and totally immoral and wrong” and is “damaging public services”, the chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for responsible tax has told the...
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