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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.
Consultation launched on new third sector fund
29 July 2010
A new fund that will benefit a range of small to large civil society organisations will be launched by DFID this year.
Deputy Prime Minister outlines vision for international development
27 July 2010
A pledge to put women at the ‘front and centre’ of aid with a new emphasis on girls’ education and family planning is a key element of a new reform plan to achieve the Coalition Government’s objectives on international development
Mitchell: “New focus on family planning to reduce deaths in pregnancy and childbirth”
The UK Government is to put family planning at the heart of its approach to women’s health in the developing world in an attempt to reduce the persistently high number of women who die in pregnancy and childbirth, Andrew Mitchell announced today.
Airport to revitalise British St Helena
22 July 2010
The go ahead for an airport on the island of St Helena will be given by International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell - subject to strict pre-conditions – on the basis that it will provide best value for the British taxpayer
UK’s Afghan aid effort set to increase by 40% - Andrew Mitchell
19 July 2010
The UK’s aid effort in Afghanistan will be expanded by 40%, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today.
Lord Ashdown to lead review of emergency aid
14 July 2010
The way the UK responds to humanitarian emergencies such as the Haiti earthquake will be the subject of a comprehensive review
Mitchell – new UK humanitarian support for Niger and Chad: ‘other countries must act too’
12 July 2010
Hundreds of thousands of people in Niger and Chad will benefit from specific support to prevent the threat of imminent starvation, International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell announced today.
Mitchell announces cost saving measures to boost help for world's poor
01 July 2010
International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell today announced further cash-saving measures as part of an ongoing drive to get value for money out of the Government’s aid budget.
International Development Secretary praises Keighley school for Sri Lanka and Pakistan links
29 June 2010
Andrew Mitchell today met with children from a Keighley school to find out about their educational partnership with schools in Pakistan and Sri Lanka.