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  • EU countries ‘must honour aid promises’

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has today called on EU nations to maintain their commitment to international aid, despite the financial crisis.

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

  • Zuma announces education summit

    South African President Jacob Zuma and Sepp Blatter, President of FIFA, announce the 1GOAL Education Summit will take place on 7 July

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

  • Andrew Mitchell in Pakistan

    More than three million children will benefit from free textbooks in the conflict-affected province of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa

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

  • Postcard from the field: South Africa

    As the World Cup kicks off, South Africa reaches fever pitch. DFID's Peter Kerby reports

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

  • UK pledges new support for Afghanistan

    The UK is set to provide new support to Afghanistan in a drive to create more jobs, improve policing and strengthen the effectiveness of Afghan government, Prime Minister David Cameron announced today.

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

  • UK to review multilateral aid spend

    The UK Government is to reassess its funding of international agencies such as the World Bank and United Nations in a drive to direct money at only the most effective organisations

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

  • Mitchell backs malaria charity single

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has joined the Prime Minister David Cameron in backing the Sun and Terry Venables’ World Cup charity single

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

  • Number 10 press briefing - morning From 9 June 2010

    Briefing by the Prime Minister's spokesman on the multilateral aid review, oil leak and the Efficiency Board.

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

  • Global School pupils meet their adopted England stars

    Young South African pupils with links to UK schools came face to face with their English football heroes on Monday.

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

  • Online consultation on innovation and economic growth

    DFID is undertaking research into how the spread of new technology increases economic growth in low-income countries and what can be done to encourage it.

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

  • Alan Duncan visits Nepal

    Video and photos of Minister of State for International Development, Alan Duncan MP, on a fact-finding visit to Nepal. It was his first overseas visit since he was appointed as Minister of State on 13 May 2010.

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

  • Maternal health tops agenda in Washington

    DFID will seek the best ways to gather maternal mortality data at the Women Deliver conference

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

  • Discreet HIV treatment changes lives

    Meet Ann, a Kenyan sex worker now accessing life-changing health services

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  • UK gives £19 million for Gazan refugees

    UK Government to provide £19m to help support schools and health clinics

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

  • British health workers to join fight against maternal deaths

    British nurses, doctors and health workers will get the chance to play a crucial role in the UK’s efforts to reduce maternal and child deaths in the world’s poorest countries

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

  • UK contributes to more effective Global Environment Facility

    International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell has approved a UK contribution of £210 million to the Global Environment Facility (GEF).

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

  • The UKaid Transparency Guarantee

    The UK Government is introducing a new 'Aid Transparency Guarantee', which will make our aid fully transparent to citizens in both the UK and recipient countries.

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

  • Students show award-winning film on life in Africa and UK

    Nine sixth-form students from Kesteven and Grantham Girls’ School in Grantham were today awarded for their film depicting life on a typical morning in a UK suburb versus a poor village in Africa.

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

  • Mitchell: Full transparency and new independent watchdog

    Giving UK taxpayers value for money in aid

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

  • Full transparency and new independent watchdog will give UK taxpayers value for money in aid

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