
In a last-minute rush to hit Prime Minister David Cameron’s foreign aid target, the Department for International Development (DfID) threw over half a billion pounds of taxpayers’ money at a controversial Swiss-based fund. Critics say the gift to the celebrity-backed Global Fund to
by Sarkis Zeronian24 Jul 2015, 5:23 AM PST0

As much as a quarter of Britain’s £11.7 billion aid budget is squandered on unworkable projects and private contractors, the Mail on Sunday has found. The scale of wasteful spending with private companies is such that one charity has dubbed
by Donna Rachel Edmunds12 Apr 2015, 9:03 AM PST0

Politicians need to come clean and admit that they are still vastly overspending taxpayers’ money, the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA) has said. The economic think tank has drawn up a blueprint of savings which will enable government to achieve its own
by Donna Rachel Edmunds11 Mar 2015, 5:49 AM PST0

An independent body which scrutinises the UK’s international aid payments has concluded that they are ‘a waste of money’. The report by the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) criticised the Department for International Development’s “weak management” and “poor supervision”
by A.B. Sanderson6 Mar 2015, 6:54 AM PST0