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I’m doing my prep this weekend…

It’s been fascinating to learn about DHSC’s global health research - a programme that really only started in 2016

It will be even more of a challenge given we can anticipate at least one spending review and an election within this period

Looking forward to returning to SOAS for one of those interesting conversations!

A long awaited and important report from the NAO on the FCDO merger

It was frustrating when we did our original reviews on tackling fraud that we couldn’t get out to check how the policies were actually delivered in country. So now we did

We think this deserves continuing scrutiny

For an account of what has been happening to lead to these figures on costs of asylum seekers and refugees, check out our report

The Government provided £2.8 billion of aid capital to BII between 2017 and 2021 and 28% of its portfolio was by value was in India. So it matters if there aren’t effective controls over investment of taxpayers’ money there

I’m looking forward to hearing from FCDO and of course from our audience…

So what has the UK been doing to support victims and survivors of conflict related sexual violence in Ukraine? Check in our review…

Our follow up process is key to ensuring that our recommendations are implemented to improve UK aid. That’s why we score what departments have done

The note explains that other humanitarian donors have reduced or stopped arms sales to Israel and resumed funding to UNWRA, but the UK has not

We also find that while some progress has been made, the principle of equitable partnership needs to be embedded and tracked consistently

Last of the ICAI reviews delayed by the election, and the first time we have looked at #UKaid to SDG 11 tinyurl.com/228hqmpx

📣 📣 We are delighted to launch our Annual Review 2023-24, which illustrates some of our accomplishments over the last 12 months. Thank you to our valued partners and funders for their exceptional support and collaboration! 👇 ⭐ 👇 ⭐ 👇 bit.pulse.ly/t5rqnigyoa

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I'm looking forward to this conversation later -devex.com/events/uk-aid-…

I’m looking forward to hearing the best ideas!