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.
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.
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.
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.
While we recognise the challenging political context, last week’s G7 Summit is far from what global civil society expects from the world’s richest countries at this critical time.
The UK government has repeatedly signalled its intention to recognise Palestine as a state. However, the question remains: what is stopping it from acting on this commitment? New blog from Dr. Afaf Jabiri.
Following the announcement of the Comprehensive Spending Review by the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, we look at the implications for the aid cuts, in donor refugee costs and the current lack of any impact assessments on what damage these cuts will do.
The decisions announced yesterday by the Chancellor on how the ODA cuts will be introduced have deepened concerns about the devastating impacts these cuts will have. What did the Chancellor announce and what does it mean for UK aid ambitions?
The UK government faces a decision whether to pursue an approach that limits damage to lives, livelihoods and the UK’s development ambitions as much as possible, or to once again puts these considerations aside. What approach to implementing these cuts will help to limit their negative impacts while maximising the UK’s development ambitions?
