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More than a year since the Prime Minister announced drastic cuts to the UK aid budget from 0.5% to just 0.3% of GNI by 2027/28 – the steepest among G7 countries – last week the Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP made a long-awaited statement to set out the FCDO’s ODA allocation for 2026/27 to 2028/29. Here is our analysis.
Imagine spending months crafting a campaign about poverty or climate destruction, only to find your audience is arguing about pixels instead of people. That is exactly what is happening to some of the world’s best-known organisations in the charity and development sector.
The Bond Conflict Policy Group, a coalition of peacebuilding and international development organisations, welcomes the renewed commitment by the UK’s…
Today, Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper MP has announced her department’s allocations of the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget for the next three…
Today, Thursday 19th March 2026, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) have issued a press release ahead of its allocations…
What Inclusive Futures has learned from designing and delivering disability-inclusive interventions at scale.
As the UK marks Neurodiversity Week (16-20 March), Railway Children reflects on the unique strengths different minds bring to their organisation, the rich potential of the young people they support and why they’ve established a Neurodiversity Working Group to ensure every kind of mind can thrive.
Play is often overlooked in humanitarian responses. But it can be a powerful way to help children heal and thrive. Henry Gathercole, Research & Development Specialist at Right To Play International, tells us more.
Today, Thursday 12th March, a new review by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has found that the management of the UK’s…
