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DFID spending powers
The Times, The Independent and the Daily Express have published articles today claiming a leaked letter shows the Prime Minister has “secretly moved to strip the Department for International...
View ArticleUK aid to combat Africa’s worst locust outbreak in decades
The Guardian, BBC’s Focus on Africa and BBC Newsday have reported on new UK support to tackle the devastating locust outbreak in East Africa, featuring a UK-funded supercomputer that is helping...
View ArticlePrime Minister pledges UK aid backing for coronavirus vaccine search
The Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday that the UK is using its aid budget to help find a coronavirus vaccine, has been widely covered in media. Much coverage featured his plea to world leaders to...
View ArticleReaction to UK aid support for coronavirus vaccine
The Daily Mail has reported positively today on UK aid funding for research to tackle the coronavirus outbreak. Its article focuses on the British doctor overseeing the hunt for a vaccine, Melanie...
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'We must work together to fight Covid-19 outbreak'
The International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan has co-written a piece with her counterparts from a number of European countries about the need to all work together to tackle the Covid-19...
View ArticleNew UK aid to help charities and global organisations tackle coronavirus
There has been positive coverage in newspapers and online outlets of DFID’s announcement of £200 million of aid to help charities and global organisations tackle coronavirus in vulnerable countries....
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Vaccine pledge to help protect UK from future coronavirus waves
Yesterday the International Development Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan made a statement to MPs announcing the UK’s funding pledge to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, equivalent to £330 million a year for...
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'Humanity against the virus’: how media reported the UK’s coronavirus...
The Prime Minister’s call for global cooperation and investment to find a coronavirus vaccine has received widespread positive coverage in newspapers, online news and broadcast outlets. Boris Johnson...
View ArticleUK leads fightback against infectious diseases
Prime Minister Boris Johnson yesterday (Thursday, June 4, 2020) hosted the Global Vaccine Summit, bringing together over 62 countries, including 42 at head of state level, to pledge $8.8bn for Gavi,...
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Spending UK aid to tackle poverty
Media have today covered a report by the International Development Committee (IDC) on the effectiveness of UK aid spending. The Department for International Development spent 73.2 per cent of the aid...
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