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Alan Duncan opens UK aid disaster response facility in Gloucestershire [PDF - 41 KB]opens in a new window
19 October 2012
Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan, today visited the UK aid international disaster response facility in Kemble
Swindon students give minister a masterclass in international development [PDF - 43 KB]opens in a new window
Pupils from Nova Hreod School in Swindon demonstrated to International Development minister Alan Duncan how they’ve made lasting links with a school in South Africa
Duncan: long-term aid key to tackle malnutrition ‘death sentence’ in Yemen [PDF - 46 KB]opens in a new window
09 October 2012
Development Minister Alan Duncan announced a new UK package of long-term support to help improve nutrition for 1.65 million women and children across the country
Ministers announce UK support to Somalia during visit to Mogadishu [PDF - 34 KB]opens in a new window
03 October 2012
Britain will work in partnership with the new Government of Somalia to build a more stable and prosperous future for the country by boosting its public services and operations
UK aid to help 10,000 Syrian refugees through Turkish winter [PDF - 41 KB]opens in a new window
New support from the UK will help Syrian refugees who have escaped ongoing fighting with essential supplies to cope with the freezing Turkish winter
Greening: Targeted support for East Africa [PDF - 41 KB]opens in a new window
02 October 2012
The new International Development Secretary, Justine Greening, today pledged to target aid to help prevent future disasters in the Horn of Africa
New partnership to give access to contraceptives for 27 million women and girls [PDF - 127 KB]opens in a new window
26 September 2012
The British Government is part of a new partnership announced today at the United Nations that will increase access to contraceptives for 27 million women and girls in some of the world's poorest countries.
New UK support for Syrian children as winter approaches [PDF - 42 KB]opens in a new window
The UK Government will unveil new support to help UNICEF reach a quarter of a million Syrian child refugees
British-led initiative helps give new hope for Yemen [PDF - 134 KB]opens in a new window
05 September 2012
A meeting of key donors in Saudi Arabia has today agreed a vital package of support for Yemen that will help to stabalise the country and ensure that it does not slip back into serious conflict
Britain to help Ghana reach final stages of poverty reduction [PDF - 44 KB]opens in a new window
29 August 2012
Britain will help Ghana to prepare for a future without aid and ensure that the poorest benefit from the country’s record growth
Sierra Leone cholera outbreak - first ever use of UK Rapid Response Facility [PDF - 45 KB]opens in a new window
24 August 2012
The UK Government has activated its new rapid response network for the first time, to help two million people affected by the cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone
Global Hunger Event: Lasting legacy for children around the world [PDF - 40 KB]opens in a new window
12 August 2012
Millions of children in the world’s poorest countries must benefit from the legacy of the London Olympics, the Prime Minister said today as he and the Brazilian Vice President, Michel Temer were joined by double Olympic gold medal winner Mo Farah
Fourfold increase in British support for Syrian refugees [PDF - 42 KB]opens in a new window
07 August 2012
The new funding will provide emergency food rations for over 18,000 Syrian refugees and safe drinking water and sanitation for thousands more.
Mitchell: Don’t block access to innovation for the poor [PDF - 33 KB]opens in a new window
26 July 2012
DFID's new 'open access' policy to make all researchers receiving DFID funding to publish their findings free online
Mitchell: "As Britain hosts the 2012 Olympics we do not forget those who are starving and dying in South Sudan" [PDF - 44 KB]opens in a new window
25 July 2012
Further British support for refugees fleeing violence on the Sudanese border was announced today by International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell.
Mitchell: Political instability could put Somalia on food crisis knife edge [PDF - 32 KB]opens in a new window
20 July 2012
Somalia is at greater risk of slipping back into crisis if the political situation in the country is not addressed quickly, Andrew Mitchell warned today.
120m more women will have access to family planning in 'extraordinary breakthrough' for women [PDF - 117 KB]opens in a new window
11 July 2012
An extraordinary global breakthrough giving access to family planning for 120 million women in the world's poorest countries
Afghanistan's future at risk if development not prioritised [PDF - 49 KB]opens in a new window
04 July 2012
The international community must make long-term development commitments to Afghanistan or risk gains being lost
Faith groups and Government seal partnership on aid [PDF - 51 KB]opens in a new window
26 June 2012
Groups from across the faith spectrum have been brought together to sign up to new principles for collaborating with the UK government on aid
Flying the flag for UK aid – millions of lives changed for the better [PDF - 66 KB]opens in a new window
25 June 2012
Aid from Britain will now be badged with a Union Flag when it is sent overseas, as a clear symbol that it comes from this country