Bond warns of impact of FCDO staffing cuts on UK aid
Following news that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) will reduce its workforce by 25%, Bond, the UK network…
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Bond reacts to Reform UK proposals to cut the UK aid budget by 90 per cent to £1 billion
Today, Tuesday 18th November, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has declared that the Chancellor should slash the UK aid budget by…
Bond reaction to UK government’s pledge to the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Today, Tuesday 11 November, the UK government has announced its pledge of £850 million to the Global Fund to fight…
Bond reaction to IDC report on FCDO’s approach to Value for Money in ODA
Today, Wednesday 29th October 2025, a new report from the International Development Committee (IDC) into the FCDO’s approach to value…
Bond calls for end to Home Office use of UK aid budget on in-country asylum support
Yesterday’s report from the Home Affairs Committee into the UK Home Office’s management of asylum accommodation found that billions of taxpayer money…
Bond reaction to new UK aid spending transparency report
Today, Thursday 23rd October, a new assessment from Publish What You Fund finds that, while transparency of aid spending across UK government departments…
Bond statement on ICAI report on UK aid to Sudan
Today, Wednesday 15th October, The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) has released a comprehensive review examining the past six years of…
Bond statement on the second anniversary of the 7th October attacks
7 October 2025 marks the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel. Two years on, the conflict in Gaza…
Conservatives would slash UK aid budget further – Bond reaction
Ahead of the Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride’s speech at Conservative party conference on Monday 6 October, the Conservatives have announced…