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20/05/2026: UK officials discuss more aid cuts to help fund higher defence spending, Financial Times
19/05/2026: Global conference floats solutions to combat sharp drop in official development assistance, The Globe and Mail
19/05/2026: Cooper warns Hormuz blockade risks sending world ‘sleepwalking into food crisis’, PA
19/05/2026: What to expect at the UK’s Global Partnerships Conference, Devex
19/05/2026: NGO leaders call for greater ambition for UK’s international development agenda, Third Force News
19/05/2026: 80 charity leaders call on UK to show more ambition over international aid, The Independent
18/05/2026: Direct cash transfers make aid more efficient in era of cuts, report finds, The Independent
12/05/2026: Starmer appoints Gordon Brown and Harriet Harman as advisers, Civil Service World
29/04/2026: Letter: Public should be better informed why foreign aid matters, Financial Times
29/04/2026: BII increases its risk appetite to mobilize institutional investors in emerging markets, Impact Alpha
28/04/2026: No money and no plan’ behind UK aid strategy, MPs warn, The Telegraph
24/04/2026: British International Investment vows to boost climate finance with new £15bn strategy, Business Green
23/04/2026: BII’s new strategy draws fresh backlash from Bond, Devex
22/04/2026: UK aid-funded body ‘investing in luxury hotels and billionaire-owned companies’, The Independent
13/04/2026: Overseas aid spending fell by 7.4% in 2025, provisional figures show, Civil Service World
13/04/2026: Labour set to announce closure of 11 asylum hotels but communities ‘left vulnerable’ by ‘wholly inappropriate alternative’. GB News
10/04/2026: Global aid flows plummets 23% in 2025, as Germany overtakes US to become biggest donor, The Independent
09/04/2026: How UK aid spending fell sharply in 2025, Devex
09/04/2026: UK spending on foreign aid hits lowest level since 2008, The Guardian
09/04/2026: London Playbook PM: Rutte-ing stags, Politico
08/04/2026: Women and children ‘suffer most’ from cuts to overseas aid budget, The Times
07/04/2026: “Grim reality” NGOs warn of uncertainty and risks attached to aid allocations, Third Force News
02/04/2026: Regulator prepared for Chelsea FC sale fund application this week, Civil Society
30/03/2026: UK development minister: Campaign groups ‘wrong’ on Africa aid cuts, Devex
27/03/2026: Britain’s foreign aid morphs from open-handed to hard-headed, The Economist
24/03/2026: Money Matters: The UK lays out its budget-slashing plan for foreign aid, Devex
20/03/2026: Charities react to Labour’s move to cut aid to fund defence spending, The National
20/03/2026: Frustration as Abramovich misses ‘last chance’ to donate £2.5bn Chelsea FC funds, Civil Society
20/03/2026: UK lays out the development priorities of a shrinking aid budget, Devex
20/03/2026: UK prioritising poverty reduction over self-interest during aid cuts, minister claims, The Independent
20/03/2026: Charities reiterate calls for aid cuts reversal as hardest-hit regions emerge, Third Sector
19/03/2026: Some of the world’s poorest countries to lose UK aid due to 56% budget cut, The Guardian
19/03/2026: Campaigners warn of ‘damage’ caused by the Government’s aid decisions, PA
19/03/2026: UK reveals cuts to aid for Africa and Middle East, Financial Times
19/03/2026: UK to slash international aid to 0.3% as focus shifts to war zones, The Times
19/03/2026: Britain steps back from Africa with new aid cuts, Politico
19/03/2026: Fury over ‘moral catastrophe’ cut to international aid to fund defence spending, The Mirror
19/03/2026: UK reveals aid priorities after major cuts to budget, BBC
19/03/2026: UK Government cuts aid funding to G20 countries, The National
19/03/2026: Cooper to set out aid spending as Labour backbenchers call for rethink, PA
19/03/2026: Major new details on slashing billions from international aid after outcry, The Mirror
18/03/2026: UK prepares to sue Abramovich over £2.4bn proceeds of Chelsea FC sale, The Guardian
18/03/2026: Yvette Cooper braces for Labour backlash over aid cuts, The Telegraph
16/03/2026: Cost of housing and welfare for each asylum seeker revealed in bombshell new figures, Daily Express
16/03/2026: People deserve the chance to decide how UK aid is spent in a changing world, The Independent
12/03/2026: UK aid spending lacks clear priorities and often isn’t value for money, watchdog warns, The Independent
10/03/2026: Aid cuts reducing public support for overseas help, study finds, The Independent
06/03/2026: UN agency says UK push to ‘modernise’ aid spending risks ignoring ‘immediate crises’, The Independent
01/03/2026: Scottish charity condemns ‘devastating’ aid cuts, The Scotsman
25/02/2026: How debt relief could help reverse the devastating consequences of UK aid cuts, The Independent
25/02/2026: Almost 100 charity leaders urge government to reverse ‘devastating’ international aid cuts, Third Sector
25/02/2026: NGO leaders highlight devastating impact one year since UK aid cuts, Third Force News
25/02/2026: NGO leaders call on Starmer to reverse ‘devastating’ foreign aid cuts, Sky News
25/02/2026: Close to 100 charities condemn ‘devastating’ impact of a year of UK aid cuts, The Independent
25/02/2026: For Pete’s sake!, Politico
18/02/2026: UK’s civic space ‘heavily damaged’, annual review finds, Third Force News
18/02/2026: Loosen restrictions on charities speaking out to protect civil space, NGO body proposes, Civil Society
18/02/2026: A ‘slow start’ to the covenant and increased protest restrictions threaten UK civic space, report warns, Third Sector
17/02/2026: UK aid cuts set to be the steepest of any G7 country this year, Third Force News
17/02/2026: UK cuts aid further than any G7 country, including the US, The Telegraph
17/02/2026: UK foreign aid cuts set to be deeper than Trump’s slashing of US funds, The Independent
15/02/2026: When Starmer picks up G20 baton he has vital chance to act on aid and debt relief, The Guardian
05/02/2026: MPs warn of ‘catastrophic’ consequences if UK does not pause aid cuts, The Independent
26/01/2026: UK aid allocations delayed; new numbers promised ‘as soon as possible’, Devex
26/01/2026: London Playbook PM: Another new sheriff, Politico
26/01/2026: International aid organisations see tough year ahead, The Sentinel
21/01/2026: Grave Responsibility, The Fabian Society Review
08/01/2026: Aid Agencies Barred from the OPT: What We Know About the Access Crisis, Funds for NGOs