Dfid – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com Columnist & Foreign Correspondent Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:17:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://ianbirrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-ian-birrell-favicon-32x32.png Dfid – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com 32 32 Even champions of foreign aid admit handouts are ‘pointless’ so why keep pumping in billions? https://ianbirrell.com/even-champions-of-foreign-aid-admit-handouts-are-pointless-so-why-keep-pumping-in-billions/ Sat, 24 Dec 2022 16:34:44 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5849 Good riddance to the self-serving Department for International Narcissists https://ianbirrell.com/good-riddance-to-the-self-serving-department-for-international-narcissists/ Mon, 13 Jul 2020 11:21:28 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=5053 Your cash is still funding despotic regimes in China and North Korea https://ianbirrell.com/your-cash-is-still-funding-despotic-regimes-in-china-and-north-korea/ Mon, 13 Jan 2020 15:18:54 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4859 An aid to better spending https://ianbirrell.com/an-aid-to-better-spending/ Sat, 11 Jan 2020 13:40:49 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4854 Million dollar Miliband https://ianbirrell.com/million-dollar-miliband/ Mon, 28 Oct 2019 10:19:11 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4775 UK charity given £132m in foreign aid ‘provided prostitutes for guests’ at functions https://ianbirrell.com/uk-charity-given-132m-in-foreign-aid-provided-prostitutes-for-guests-at-functions/ Tue, 18 Jun 2019 09:43:02 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4650 Wasteful and misguided: what the new aid minister really thinks about the £14bn we send abroad each year https://ianbirrell.com/wasteful-and-misguided-what-the-new-aid-minister-really-thinks-about-the-14bn-we-sent-abroad-each-year/ Mon, 03 Jun 2019 10:10:07 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4638 Don’t tinker with the foreign aid target – just bin it https://ianbirrell.com/dont-tinker-with-the-foreign-aid-target-just-bin-it/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 14:33:39 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4535 Boss of fraud scandal charity bankrolled by £132million in British aid sent ‘witch porn’ to female worker https://ianbirrell.com/boss-of-fraud-scandal-charity-bankrolled-by-132million-in-british-aid-sent-witch-porn-to-female-worker/ Thu, 07 Mar 2019 10:50:50 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4514 Ugandan elite dipped into UK aid cash https://ianbirrell.com/ugandan-elite-dipped-into-uk-aid-cash/ Fri, 28 Dec 2018 11:45:47 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=4431