Politics
Conference season 2025: what’s happening, and how to make the most of it
It’s time to dust off the rosettes, it’s party conference seasons. Here are all the tips and events you’ll need to make the most of each conference from our public affairs manager Paul Abernethy.
UK race riots one year later: confronting racism and demanding change
It has now been a year since the 2024 race riots erupted across the UK, a powerful and painful reminder of the racial injustice that continues to shape our society. As we reflect, we must ask ourselves: what has really shifted in the past 12 months?
FCDO Annual Report 2025 paints a bleak picture for the communities who need the most help
While we await the government’s decisions on the much larger cuts to come – with an accompanying impact assessment– later this year, the Annual Report gives us a first look at where the cuts will hit hardest and paints a bleak picture.
Gender, education and health programmes cut in FCDO’s UK aid allocations for 25/26
Yesterday, Tuesday 22 July, the Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) released its Annual Report & Accounts for 2024–25 and…
Financing for Development Conference: last word from Seville
Last week, Bond and more than 20 of our members, travelled to Seville alongside government, UN, global civil society and business representatives for the Fourth International Financing for Development Conference (FfD4). Here, Alex Farley, Sandra Martinsone and our members take us through the events of the conference.
Ministers are hiding behind a legal loophole – but we’ve secured a vital concession on aid
The ONE Campaign recently took preliminary legal steps to challenge the government’s decision to slash Britain’s international aid budget to 0.3%. While they are more sure than ever about the justice of their argument, they’ve decided not to go to court to seek judicial review. Here’s why.
The National Security Strategy the peacebuilding sector hoped for vs the one the UK delivered
There was much hope within the conflict prevention community and beyond that the new UK National Security Strategy (NSS) – published last week – could be a much more comprehensive response to the international security environment, but the gulf between the new UK NSS and this vision couldn’t be bigger.
Key emerging questions for the future of UK ODA
There is still much to be decided about the cuts to UK aid and the reshaping of the UK ODA programme over the coming months. Here are four key questions that need to be answered in the coming months.