Bond reacts to Chancellor & Foreign Secretary statement
Following the recent statement from the Chancellor and Foreign Secretary threatening to take legal action against the former Chelsea Football…
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Let’s get real about public support for UK aid and development
Slippery concept or not, the government needs to show leadership and the development sector needs to pull its socks up to get the public on side of UK aid.
Is an equitable, decolonised approach to global development possible?
From its inception, UK international development has been driven by vested economic interests. Is this why we are still struggling to achieve locally led development? New blog from Naomi Yehdego.
“It doesn’t start in New York and it doesn’t end in New York”: my journey as a UN youth delegate
Neisha left UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD58) with many learnings – from the landscape of the CPD, SRHR policy to multilateralism. She advocates for our shared responsibility in progressing SRHR and ensuring young people have their voices heard in international spaces.
Bond makes organisational changes to ensure long-term financial sustainability
Due to rising costs and limited restricted grant funding, Bond has taken steps to ensure long-term financial sustainability while continuing…
UK Prime Minister refuses to rule out further cuts to UK aid budget – Bond reaction
Today following the Prime Minister’s unveiling of the government’s defence spending plans, in a press conference, he refused to rule…
UK government action on debt can be an antidote to despair amid aid cuts
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?
Inherently connected: donkeys, gender equality and the trade that threatens them both
The global trade in donkey skins poses an undeniable threat to animal welfare, but its detrimental impact can also be seen in the lives of those who depend on their working animals.
What is happening to civic space in the UK? Latest trends and analysis
Our new report, the second in our annual series, identifies nine new trends that are shaping the environment for civil society in the UK. Find out more about what we discovered from Bibusa Musukwa and Rowan Popplewell.