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British health workers show Cardinal Turkson and International Development Secretary how they are helping to save lives in developing countries
17 September 2010
International Development Secretary Cardinal Turkson, hear how British health workers play a crucial role in reducing maternal and child deaths in the world’s poorest countries.
Chief Financial Officer appointed on Turks and Caicos Islands
Caroline Gardner, Deputy Auditor General for Audit Scotland is appointed new chief financial officer to the Turks and Caicos Islands Government.
Mitchell - Britain will stand by Pakistan as crisis continues
Secretary of State Andrew Mitchell announces how further UK aid will be allocated, ahead of a UN donor conference this Sunday to boost support for Pakistan.
UK to increase aid money spent on conflict countries
16 September 2010
The Government is set to increase the amount of aid it provides to fragile and conflict-ridden countries. This will boost the fight against extreme poverty and also strengthen DFID’s contribution to national security.
Young people give ministers their views on global poverty ahead of crucial summit
15 September 2010
A group of young people determined to fight world poverty met Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and the Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell today, to give them their views ahead of a major international summit.
UK to focus aid efforts on women
14 September 2010
The UK Government is to put the wellbeing of women and children at the centre of its international aid policy
Mitchell: Extraordinary UKaid response for flood stricken Punjab and Sindh
07 September 2010
The UK will intensify efforts this week in critically affected south Pakistan to help avert the risk of a public health crisis, including providing urgently needed clean drinking water and sanitation for hundreds of thousands of people
UK International Development Secretary visits Ethiopia
05 September 2010
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell saw for himself how british aid is changing lives when he spent Saturday night in a rural village in the Azernet Berbere district of Ethiopia.
UK backs new corruption-fighting academy
03 September 2010
The UK is to back a new international anti-corruption academy aimed at boosting the fight against fraud, bribery and theft across the world.
UK Deputy Prime Minister: Lifesaving UK aid for devastated areas in South Pakistan
01 September 2010
The UK’s Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg today announced how lifesaving aid from the UK will be allocated while visiting Sukkur, south Pakistan, the region now worst affected by the monsoon floods.
UKaid: More RAF flights bring shelter for 3,500 families in Southern Pakistan
28 August 2010
More RAF flights bring shelter for 3,500 families in Southern Pakistan
UKaid - shipping bridges to Pakistan
26 August 2010
Ten bridges are due to set sail from London, headed for Pakistan, to replace some of those destroyed by the floods.
Clegg - “The UK public has led the world with its generosity”
25 August 2010
The UK public has led the world with its generosity in response to the Pakistan floods, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg said today
Britain to double emergency aid to Pakistan, but other nations must step up
19 August 2010
Andrew Mitchell, International Development Secretary, has announced that the UK intends to double its aid contribution for the floods in Pakistan.
UK Ministers see flood devastation
18 August 2010
The worst could be yet to come for Pakistan, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell said today during a visit to the country.
Mitchell: International response to floods in Pakistan ‘woefully inadequate’
16 August 2010
Donor countries were failing to provide sufficient assistance to the millions of people affected by the crisis in Pakistan
UK response to Pakistan flood appeal
11 August 2010
The UK is sending four further plane loads of aid to Pakistan and will provide additional assistance to help thousands more people affected by the monsoon flooding
Mitchell: Tents to shelter thousands of families in Pakistan
04 August 2010
The UK Government is sending 2,000 all-weather tents to flood-affected districts in Pakistan, Andrew Mitchell, Secretary of State for International Development announced today.
Pakistan floods: UK aid response
02 August 2010
The Secretary of State for International Development Andrew Mitchell has announced help for at least 800,000 people affected by the monsoon floods in Pakistan.
UK aid to combat malaria
The Government is set to put the fight against malaria at the forefront of aid efforts in Africa with the launch of a comprehensive malaria business plan.