The Guardian

Recognise DfID expertise and influence in FCO merger, Raab urged

Department for International Development gave ‘huge heft to global Britain’, says ex-secretary of state ahead of Wednesday merger Foreign secretary Dominic Raab must recognise the “extraordinary ...
ONE

5 reasons to be proud of DFID and all it has achieved

On 16 June, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the unexpected merger of The Department for International Development (DFID) and the Foreign Commonwealth Office (FCO) into a new Foreign ...
The Daily Telegraph

MPs brand Dfid merger an 'extraordinary mistake' as concerns over aid scrutiny grow

There are some fears that the bodies which scrutinise UK aid spending will be dismantled Sarah Newey is a Global Health Security correspondent at The Telegraph, based in Bangkok. She has reported from ...
The Conversation

DfID merger with Foreign Office signals shift from using aid to reduce poverty to promoting British national self interest

Shelter kits delivered to Mozambique after Cyclone Idai by the Department for International Development in 2019. DfID via Flickr, CC BY For a prime minister so keen on proclaiming Britain’s ...
BBC

DFID's "transparency revolution" is welcome - but supporting independent media is urgent and challenging

James Deane argues that efforts to increase transparency and strengthen accountability will only succeed if independent media is given the support it needs to flourish and hold power to account. The ...
The Independent

DfID’s demise at the hands of Boris Johnson is another nail in the coffin of global Britain

It’s 1997 and the Department for International Development (DfID) is first formed. Global Britain. That day in May, we walked into the Victoria Street building and, if the civil servants had had hats, ...