Published by The Times (12th December, 2019) Even Boris Johnson’s critics would agree that on the subject of international aid he has been clear and consistent. The prime […]
Africa / Aid / Ethiopia
A light shining through darkness
Published by The i paper (14th October, 2019) History is a harsher judge than people appointed by Norway’s parliament, but there have been some terrible picks over 118 […]
Aid / Politics
The million-dollar question: is David Miliband a gilt-edged hypocrite?
Published by The Daily Mail (October 1st, 2019) When David Miliband was running to succeed Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour Party in 2010, he savaged the […]
Aid
Million dollar Miliband
Published by The Mail on Sunday (29th September, 2019) Former Labour Foreign Secretary David Miliband is being paid almost $1 million a year to run a humanitarian charity that […]
Aid
UK charity given £132m in foreign aid ‘provided prostitutes for guests’ at functions
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th May, 2019) A major British charity handed huge sums in foreign aid by the Government is alleged to have overseen the hiring […]
Africa / Aid
Wasteful and misguided: what the new aid minister really thinks about the £14bn we send abroad each year
Published by The Mail on Sunday (12th May, 2019) The new International Development Secretary has admitted that ‘not a great deal has been achieved’ with foreign aid, The Mail […]
Aid / Politics
Don’t tinker with the foreign aid target – just bin it
Published by The Sun (12th February, 2019) THE Tories are in a pickle – and not just on Brexit. They tried to cloak themselves in compassion by chucking […]
Africa / Aid / Kenya
Boss of fraud scandal charity bankrolled by £132million in British aid sent ‘witch porn’ to female worker
Published by The Mail on Sunday (27th January, 2019) A major UK charity has failed to remove from office a senior director accused of bullying whistleblowers, corruption and […]
Africa / Aid / Uganda
Ugandan elite dipped into UK aid cash
Published by The Mail on Sunday (December 2nd, 2018) Tens of millions of pounds donated by British taxpayers and other countries to help refugees in Uganda have vanished into […]
Aid / Disability
How charities are corrupted by Whitehall
Published by UnHerd (30th November, 2018) The National Health Service has been ordered to start looking into the deaths of patients in mental health units to learn from […]
Aid
Some ‘little extras’ for despots and dictators, a lot less for the rest of us
Published by The Daily Mail (31st October, 2018) Frankly, it was one of the most patronising lines heard in a Budget speech for a long time. Philip Hammond, admitting […]
Africa / Aid / Ghana
The charity guru who duped the world
Published by UnHerd (24 October, 2018) It is hard to think of a more famous global academic than Jeffrey Sachs. He advises the United Nations, collaborates with presidents, […]