
Hugh Bayley
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"The UK's commitment to supporting Ukraine's recovery through humanitarian assistance and mobilising public and private funds is commendable and must continue," says @romilly_bond in response to today's @icai_uk review of UK aid to Ukraine. 1/3

From the pandemic to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and war in Ukraine, the last four years have been a turbulent time for #UKaid. Today we publish a review of our findings from 2019-2023 drawing out lessons for the future. Read more: icai.independent.gov.uk/brexit-covid-p…

The government has accepted all the recommendations from our review of UK aid for trade, which found more needs to be done to ensure the poor reap the benefits. Read their response: gov.uk/government/pub…

NEW report finds #UKaid has provided valuable support to people in Afghanistan, including women and girls, but failed to achieve its core goal of promoting stability through building a viable Afghan state. Find out more: icai.independent.gov.uk/review/uk-aid-…

NEW approach paper for forthcoming country portfolio review examining #UKaid to Afghanistan since 2014. Find out more: icai.independent.gov.uk/review/uk-aid-…

NEW review finds that the UK has played an important role in galvanising international action to protect people from sexual exploitation in humanitarian crises, but more could be learned from those directly affected to improve safeguarding. Read more:icai.independent.gov.uk/review/the-uks…




Read the Chair of the Sub-Committee on @icai_uk @theodoraclarke comments about the latest Report on The UK’s approach to tackling modern slavery through the aid programme here: bit.ly/2YcNx4h #UKaid

NEW review of #UKaid’s response to COVID-19 finds that UK’s initial aid-funded response was strong, but more recently support has been undermined by reductions to the UK’s aid budget. Find out more: icai.independent.gov.uk/icai-review-fi…

Which #UKaid to China has been reduced by 95%? For latest information, read the update to our China information note: bit.ly/Chinaupdate

NEW information note outlines how aid-spending departments worked flexibly with suppliers to minimise the impact of the #COVID-19 pandemic, but lack of transparency about new aid priorities hampered delivery. Read more: bit.ly/37C7QsG


NEW modern slavery review finds UK raised global profile but “on the ground” work by #UKaid did not build on existing efforts, failed to fully involve survivors and had little long-term impact. ICAI commissioner @HughBayley explains. Read more: bit.ly/3jTlMTO






