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From Department for International Development (DFID)
From The Rt Hon Justine Greening
  • Justine Greening: Frontiers in Development - targeting the needs of women and girls to end extreme poverty

    Speech by the Development Secretary at USAID's Frontiers in Development, arguing that girls and women have a right to voice, choice and control over their lives.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justine Greening: Frontiers in Development - economic growth is key

    Speech by the International Development Secretary at USAID's Frontiers in Development, arguing that it is economic growth and the creation of jobs in developing countries that will defeat poverty for good.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Ebola vaccine fast-track trials underway

    With the help of UK aid, 60 volunteers are being tested with a potentially life-saving vaccine.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK to increase support to Sierra Leone to combat Ebola

    Foreign Secretary announces further support to tackle Ebola in West Africa, including the UK leading on provision of 700 treatment beds in Sierra Leone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Major new funding boost for small British charities

    New UK Aid Direct fund will make the most of smaller charities' ability to work at a grassroots level.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK treatment centre to tackle Ebola in Sierra Leone

    British military and humanitarian experts to set up Ebola treatment centre in Sierra Leone.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Humanitarian supplies reach Amerli

    The RAF has delivered over 10 tonnes of food and water to the Iraq town of Amerli

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justine Greening welcomes new UN resolution to protect aid workers

    Welcoming UN Security Council Resolution 2175 on the protection of humanitarian workers, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said:

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New UK aid package for Iraq focuses on vulnerable women and children

    Justine Greening travelled to Iraq to see first-hand how UK support is helping people affected by the fighting

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Glasgow charity appeal to be doubled by UK Government

    Britain will match every pound donated to Glasgow charity SCIAF's 50th anniversary ‘WEE BOX, BIG CHANGE’ appeal

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More UK aid flights into Erbil deliver food and essential kit for aid workers

    Two more UK aid flights carrying emergency food and tents for displaced Iraqi families have arrived in northern Iraq

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Emergency research call launched to help combat Ebola outbreak

    A rapid response call for research to combat the Ebola outbreak in west Africa is being launched today, Wellcome Trust director Dr Jeremy Farrar and International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK delivers tents for displaced families in northern Iraq

    Britain has delivered hundreds of tents and supplies of high nutrition emergency food for displaced families in northern Iraq, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justine Greening praises British humanitarian workers

    Statement by Justine Greening on World Humanitarian Day 2014.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK aid arrives for displaced Iraqis across northern Iraq

    Britain has delivered thousands of kitchen sets to go to Iraqis in refugee camps in northern Iraq, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British aid for Yazidi refugees fleeing Mount Sinjar

    Britain will boost its support for 12,000 Yazidi refugees who have escaped from Mount Sinjar and made it to a refugee camp across the Syrian border, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New UK aid supplies delivered to Iraq

    Two more aid flights have dropped supplies onto Iraq's Mount Sinjar.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK steps up aid for Northern Iraq

    International Development Secretary Justine Greening has confirmed a third round of successful UK aid drops, including much-needed shelter, to help thousands of people on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Britain steps up support for Iraq

    International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced British support for charities operating in Iraq.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK aid drops continue over Mount Sinjar in Iraq

    Further lifesaving UK aid for thousands of displaced people has been dropped by the Royal Air Force on Mount Sinjar in Northern Iraq.

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    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government