Skip to main content

News and communications

Skip to results

1,194 results

Skip to results
1,194 results sorted by Updated (newest)
From Secretary of State for International Development
  • Justine Greening welcomes new UN resolution to protect aid workers

    Welcoming UN Security Council Resolution 2175 on the protection of humanitarian workers, International Development Secretary Justine Greening said:

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New UK aid package for Iraq focuses on vulnerable women and children

    Justine Greening travelled to Iraq to see first-hand how UK support is helping people affected by the fighting

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Glasgow charity appeal to be doubled by UK Government

    Britain will match every pound donated to Glasgow charity SCIAF's 50th anniversary ‘WEE BOX, BIG CHANGE’ appeal

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • More UK aid flights into Erbil deliver food and essential kit for aid workers

    Two more UK aid flights carrying emergency food and tents for displaced Iraqi families have arrived in northern Iraq

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Emergency research call launched to help combat Ebola outbreak

    A rapid response call for research to combat the Ebola outbreak in west Africa is being launched today, Wellcome Trust director Dr Jeremy Farrar and International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK delivers tents for displaced families in northern Iraq

    Britain has delivered hundreds of tents and supplies of high nutrition emergency food for displaced families in northern Iraq, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Justine Greening praises British humanitarian workers

    Statement by Justine Greening on World Humanitarian Day 2014.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK aid arrives for displaced Iraqis across northern Iraq

    Britain has delivered thousands of kitchen sets to go to Iraqis in refugee camps in northern Iraq, International Development Secretary Justine Greening announced today.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • COBR meeting on Iraq: 14 August 2014

    A statement on today's COBR meeting on Iraq and the Prime Minister's call with Chancellor Angela Merkel.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • British aid for Yazidi refugees fleeing Mount Sinjar

    Britain will boost its support for 12,000 Yazidi refugees who have escaped from Mount Sinjar and made it to a refugee camp across the Syrian border, International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • New UK aid supplies delivered to Iraq

    Two more aid flights have dropped supplies onto Iraq's Mount Sinjar.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK steps up aid for Northern Iraq

    International Development Secretary Justine Greening has confirmed a third round of successful UK aid drops, including much-needed shelter, to help thousands of people on Mount Sinjar in northern Iraq.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Britain steps up support for Iraq

    International Development Secretary Justine Greening has announced British support for charities operating in Iraq.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK aid drops continue over Mount Sinjar in Iraq

    Further lifesaving UK aid for thousands of displaced people has been dropped by the Royal Air Force on Mount Sinjar in Northern Iraq.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Aircraft carrying UK aid on their way to help Iraqis

    RAF Hercules C130s are getting desperately needed aid to Iraq.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Emergency UK aid for displaced people in Iraq

    The UK is releasing an £8 million package of emergency humanitarian assistance for Iraq.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • UK government to double public donations for Gaza

    The UK will match pound for pound the first £2 million donations to the DEC Gaza appeal

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Britain to extend assistance to combat Ebola in West Africa

    The UK will provide additional funding to strengthen health systems in Sierra Leone and Liberia and contain the spread of Ebola in West Africa, Justine Greening announced today.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • DFID steps up support for emergency health and sanitation in Gaza

    £3 million in funding has been awarded to 10 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to help more than half a million people in Gaza.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

  • Extra £2 million in UK aid for the displaced of Gaza

    New support to UN Relief and Works Agency will help nearly 8,000 families.

    • Updated:

    First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government