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From Secretary of State for International Development
  • David Cameron: A new future for Africa

    Today David Cameron hailed the potential of aid, trade and democracy to lift millions of people out of poverty in Africa.

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

  • UK suspends financial support for Malawi Government

    The British Government has suspended budget support to Malawi indefinitely from today.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: Africa is open for business

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

  • South Sudan: a new country for Africa

    Today South Sudan marks its independence to become the world's newest country.

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

  • Annual report for 2010-11 now published

    The annual report details the department's activities, its spending and progress in figthing world poverty

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

  • UK backs UN Women to invest more in girls

    The UK will improve the prospects of millions of girls and women around the world by supporting the new agency

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: Aid for the Horn of Africa food crisis

    Andrew Mitchell's written statement to the House of Commons on British intervention in the Horn of Africa food crisis.

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

  • Letter from Secretary of State to BAE Systems

    Letter from Secretary of State to BAE Systems.

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

  • New scheme backs public choices on aid spending

    The Government launched UK Aid Match today – a new scheme which gives the British public a say in how part of the development budget is spent

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

  • Andrew Mitchell welcomes UN Women strategy

    Today Andrew Mitchell welcomed the launch of UN Women's forward-looking strategic plan

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

  • World Refugee Day 2011

    Foreign Secretary and International Development Secretary mark 10th World Refugee Day

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

  • Britain to lead more effective response to disasters

    Today the UK laid out how it will improve the way it responds to man-made and natural disasters, such as earthquakes and floods.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: The humanitarian response review

    Andrew Mitchell's oral statement to the House of Commons in response to the Humanitarian Emergency Response Review (HERR), 15 June 2011.

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

  • Situation in Syria

    International Development Secretary, Andrew Mitchell speaks to ICRC about the situation in Syria

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

  • New top civil servant for DFID

    Mark Lowcock has been appointed as the new Permanent Secretary at the Department for International Development.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell: Results for change

    Results for Change: International Development Secretary Andrew Mitchell's speech at the Royal College of Pathologists, 8 June 2011.

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

  • Andrew Mitchell on the reform of CDC Group plc

    Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell on the reform of CDC Group plc.

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

  • Business helps more people prosper

    Private sector will take a more prominent role in the UK's approach to fighting world poverty

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

  • Action plans set out the future of UK aid

    Operational plans for every country where DFID works now published

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

  • Arab Partnership offers new opportunities for Middle East

    The Prime Minister today announced further UK support for economic and political reform in the Middle East and North Africa.

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