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Four young advocates reflect on the idea of radical accountability and a 10-point plan that could usher in an era of genuine youth-adult partnership.

As Britain’s newest prime minister gets underway, CBM UK CEO and Chair of Bond, Kirsty Smith OBE, reflects on how Andy Burnham and his new cabinet should connect his desire for renewal at home with responsibility abroad.

What are the six impact pathways? Faith Pienaar from International Budget Partnership explores what applying them revealed about how government responsiveness works in practice and what the evaluation found about what actually drives sustained impact.

Jiu-jitsu politics, the Global Partnerships Conference and Britain’s muddled role in a transitional order. Dr Sherine El Taraboulsi-McCarthy explores where we go from here.

The UK’s domestic priorities are inseparable from global realities. Our next prime minister must recognise this and take decisive steps to rebuild trust, both with the UK public and international partners.

Scotland’s International Development Alliance shares why the election results must be met with reflection and renewed engagement. But how do the political parties represented in parliament feel about the international development budget?

As the impact of the UK’s decision to slash international development funding really starts to hit home, NGOs are pushing to shift decision-making over projects to local people, Romilly Greenhill writes.

One year on from the gutting of USAID by the Trump administration, our Media Advisor, Emily Loynes, looks back over a period of upheaval and uncertainty for the sector, including many of Bond’s members, and a global aid landscape still coming to terms with its new reality.

What is needed at such a time of crisis is a clear vision for how to deliver the most impact from the current development cooperation system. Yet, despite being in office for 18 months already, this government is yet to set out such a vision for its development cooperation.