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 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.
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.
Unsustainable levels of debt are compounding the impacts of the climate and development crises. How can the Labour government take urgent, meaningful action to fix the global governance of debt?
Following announced cuts to Official Development Assistance by the government, what can the provisional UK aid stats from 2024 tell us about the pressures that will be placed on a significantly reduced ODA budget going forward?
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?
Prime Minister Keir Starmer today announced a cut to the ODA budget from 0.5% of Gross National Income (GNI) to 0.3%, its lowest level in 25 years. Here’s what we know so far and what our next steps are.
