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Britain provides contraception to save thousands of lives [PDF - 40 KB]opens in a new window
29 November 2011
The UK will help meet the need for contraception across the developing world and avert nearly 220,000 unsafe abortions
DFID celebrates 30 years in Scotland [PDF - 135 KB]opens in a new window
24 November 2011
Department for International Development's second headquarters in Scotland is celebrating 30 years today
Andrew Mitchell meets Aung San Suu Kyi [PDF - 800 KB]opens in a new window
17 November 2011
Britain stands shoulder to shoulder with Aung San Suu Kyi, says International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell
Premier League and DEC unite to tackle famine [PDF - 47 KB]opens in a new window
14 November 2011
The Premier League today backed the DEC East Africa crisis appeal at a reception in Downing Street
UK Government and BBC World Service Trust join forces to help world's most troubled hot-spots [PDF - 38 KB]opens in a new window
13 November 2011
The Government has announced a new joint venture with the BBC World Service Trust which will help over 200 million people in poor, war-torn or unstable countries.
New focus on business growth in UK’s fight against world poverty [PDF - 39 KB]opens in a new window
10 November 2011
Britain will increase the amount of support it provides businesses in Africa to help break their dependence on aid
Britain to help educate an extra 3.5 million children [PDF - 39 KB]opens in a new window
08 November 2011
UK aid will help millions more children access quality education in a major global drive to tackle illiteracy
Minister warns of emergency developing on the Sudan border [PDF - 39 KB]opens in a new window
04 November 2011
Thousands of Southern Sudanese risk being caught in a humanitarian crisis, Stephen O’Brien warned today
UK help for Afghan mine victims [PDF - 112 KB]opens in a new window
01 November 2011
The UK is to help provide 3,800 new artificial limbs and 10,000 crutches for Afghan children and adults
Mitchell: British aid feeds over 2.4 million in desperate [PDF - 54 KB]opens in a new window
20 October 2011
New figures released today show Britain's support is saving hundreds of thousands of lives across the region
Alan Duncan is the first British Minister to visit Tajikistan [PDF - 38 KB]opens in a new window
17 October 2011
The Development Minister went on a field visit to see trade and development during the country’s 20th anniversary
Britain to secure world-wide eradication of worm disease [PDF - 93 KB]opens in a new window
05 October 2011
The UK Government is backing the Carter Center in a new project that will see the end of Guinea worm within this decade
Mitchell: Britain to save the lives of thousands of pregnant women
20 September 2011
UK aid will help to save the lives of more than 7,000 pregnant women as part of a drive to cut maternal deaths
Mitchell: October could be 'critical month' in Somalia
As disease threatens thousands of families in Somalia, Andrew Mitchell calls on more funding from countries at the United Nations in New York
Educating one million girls to tackle poverty
19 September 2011
Britain will help up to a million of the poorest girls in the world go to school, the Deputy Prime Minister announced today.
New British support for Libyan mine clearance
15 September 2011
UK aid will help protect people in Libya from the threat of deadly landmines, allowing them to return safely to their homes and businesses
UK ministers meet Belfast schoolchildren
Minister of State Alan Duncan visits schoolchildren in Northern Ireland
New British support to meet urgent humanitarian needs in Libya
27 August 2011
Britain will provide urgent humanitarian support including medical help, food and other basic supplies for thousands of people affected by the conflict in Libya
Mitchell: 400,000 children risk death through starvation in Somalia
17 August 2011
International Development Secretary announces more British aid for drought-stricken Somalia on visit to Mogadishu
British Government to boost public support to charity appeals
15 August 2011
Andrew Mitchell has launched a new scheme that will match public support for charity projects in developing countries pound for pound