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Building on Labour's Development Legacy
Labour has an opportunity to build on its legacy of leadership in international development.
How to talk to kids about Queen Elizabeth II's death
Six tips on discussing this difficult subject with the children in your life.
Is UK aid facing another round of major cuts?
Is a third year of UK aid cuts inevitable, or is there another way? A look at the key issues and possible solutions.
UK Government must heed lessons of its aid spending in 2021
The UK Government must heed the lessons of its aid spending in 2021, and commit to flexibility in the 0.5% GNI aid budget ceiling and confirm return to 0.7% in 2024.
Britain’s broken aid promise
Yesterday, MPs voted to cut the UK aid budget indefinitely, putting children around the world at risk. But this isn’t the end of the road.
UK aid: Returning to 0.7% is only solution
Analysis of FCDO's aid budget in 2022, and why returning to spending 0.7% GNI on aid is the UK government's only viable option for them and the world's poorest people.
Lacklustre response to global crisis G7 assessment
The G7 has failed to deliver, particularly in terms of the resources needed globally for the restoration of children’s rights and an exit from the crisis.
The impact of UK Aid cuts
The damage the cuts to UK aid in 2020 and 2021 has had on the world’s poorest children cannot be understated.
Vaccine Q and A
This World Immunisation Week, we’re celebrating vaccines by answering some tricky questions. Read on to understand more about this amazing intervention.
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Kevin Watkins, CEO of Save the Children UK, takes a look back at the year and offers some rays of hope for 2021.
Why I speak out for UK aid
For years the UK has been at the forefront of international development. We must not turn our backs on the international community now.
Global Britain?
Why a £4bn cut to UK aid leaves little room to advance investments in children.
Finn, 14, asks to protect his generation from more inequality
In autumn 2020, Finn (14) discussed the global education COVID-19 response with key ministers including Baroness Sugg and Karina Gould. Here are his reflections,
The Future of British Aid
Of course, international development is about much more than aid. But with the world facing unprecedented reversals to progress, make no mistake: aid matters.
The smart investment in global health
Why the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office must champion public financing for health to end preventable child deaths globally
Mission at risk?
Our analysis of the UK aid budget for this financial year and next shows budget cuts will have a potentially devastating impact on the world's poorest children.
Relief, peace or prosperity?
In the new Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, aligning the work of humanitarians, development specialists and peacebuilders will take vision and effort.
UK leadership on girls’ education can’t be realised without tackling global child poverty
The UK government must use its leadership role to address the global learning crisis for millions of children, especially girls, who may never return to the classroom.
The Sustainable Development Goals must guide the future of UK aid in recovery from COVID-19
The Sustainable Development Goals should be the cornerstone of the global policy agenda for the new Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office.
The future of UK Aid and Access to Medicines: Protecting Exemplary Practice
With health as a human right, universal and equitable access to the vaccines and therapeutics that are essential to achieve good health are a fundamental human right.
Why national social protection systems are a legacy the FCDO cannot afford
We welcome the UK Government’s commitment to poverty reduction and leaving no child behind as per its manifesto.
An Olympic merger: how the FCDO can overcome one of children’s biggest hurdles
Tackling malnutrition is central to achieving all other goals. It’s a hurdle right at the start of a child’s development.
How can the new FCDO deliver on the UK public’s priorities?
How we believe the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office can deliver transparency and support for the world's poorest people.
The Future of British Aid
Through this blog series, we'll make the case that the future of British aid must be firmly rooted in reducing poverty and independent of Britain’s commercial interest.