Bond reacts to Conservatives’ proposal to slash UK aid budget to £1 billion
Responding to news that the Conservatives would shrink the UK aid budget to just £1 billion a year to fund…
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Bond reacts to Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband’s speech at Labour Party Conference
In response to the Foreign Secretary’s speech at Labour Party Conference, Romilly Greenhill, CEO of Bond, the UK network for…
As UK aid fell by almost £1bn in 2025, bilateral funding for least-developed countries fell while increasing to middle-income countries
Today, 17th September 2026, the FCDO has published final figures on its UK ODA budget spend for 2025: revealing that…
Bond welcomes Minister McNeill’s commitment to ambitious development agenda at International Development Committee session
On Tuesday 15th September, the UK Minister for Development and Africa, Kirsty McNeill MP, gave evidence to the cross-party International…
Bond reacts to Ed Miliband’s ban on trade with illegal settlements in the West Bank
Today, 8 September 2026, UK Foreign Secretary, Ed Miliband, made a statement to the House of Commons on Israel and…
Bond statement on World Humanitarian Day
On World Humanitarian Day, Bond, the UK network for organisations working in international development, is calling on the UK government…
From Relief to Resilience: Sustaining international support for the people of Afghanistan
Bond Afghanistan Working Group statement Five years since the change in government in Afghanistan, millions of Afghans remain trapped in a cycle…
Over 100 UK NGO leaders call on Prime Minister to address global drivers of inequality and poverty for people in the UK and abroad
Today, Tuesday 28th July, over 100 UK INGO leaders, including from Oxfam GB, Debt Justice, WaterAid, ActionAid UK, Bond, Climate Action Network UK and more have issued…
Funding bus fare cap through climate loans will worsen debt burden on climate-vulnerable countries, Bond warns
In reaction to the UK government’s decision to switch international climate finance grants to loans, to fund a bus fare…