Aid
Bring on the oranges – what is there to play for in the second half of the UK’s G8 Presidency?
After the photo opportunities, early morning swims and talk of famous blues musicians last week in Lough Erne, the temptation is to think it’s all over for the UK’s Presidency of the G8.
Has anyone else woken up this morning with a G8 hangover?
Has anyone else woken up this morning with a G8 hang-over? Maybe it’s just me? Maybe I drank too much of the Kool-aid but weren’t we expecting a bit better than this?
We must resist the privatisation of aid
The evidence for privatising aid is thin. So let’s at least have the debate before subjecting millions of people in the global south to free market experiments.
Cameron may be breaking OECD aid rules to placate Tory backbenchers
David Cameron's proposal to allow development aid to be used to fund military spending risks breaking OECD as well as Britain's own International Development Act.
How did Greening’s “accountant’s eye” miss the WCML screw up while at Transport?
New international development secretary Justine Greening has pledged a "line-by-line" examination of DFID spending - yet she failed to spot the WCML farce.
Ashcroft on Aid: ‘We can’t afford it’
During the recent reshuffle the government shifted rightwards in both tone and substance . Cameron has long aimed to stop […]