Aid
Tory MP calls for DfID budget to be raided to pay for BBC
Tory MP Andrew Tyrie has written to William Hague demanding the Department for International Development foots the bill for the BBC World Service - and slammed his own party's ring-fencing of the aid budget.
Kenya’s fight against childhood mortality
Jim Dobbin MP, chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Global Action Against Childhood Pneumonia, writes about his visit to Kenya to attend the global roll-out of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine.
Pressure grows on Mitchell over delay in implementing Bribery Act
Harriet Harman today stepped up the pressure on international development secretary Andrew Mitchell over the government's delay in implementing the Bribery Act.
China comes bearing gifts for better understanding
As the Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang visits the UK, Sonny Leong, publisher and chair of Chinese for Labour, reports on why Britain needs to work with China.
Protecting overseas aid budget is in our national interest
Guest writer Adam Short, of the Young Fabians, argues that the ring-fencing of UK aid in the spending review is right and in the country's interest.
Commitment to ring fence UK aid welcome but questions remain
The commitment to ring fence UK aid and reach 0.7 per cent of GDP is welcome, and a testament to the hard work of many Labour MPs in the last Government.