Published by The i paper (19th December, 2016) It is fair to assume few cheers were heard in the Department for International Development (Dfid) corridors when officials learned […]
Aid / Politics
The great foreign aid freeze
Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th December, 2016) The Government has dramatically halted new contracts with British foreign aid contractors after The Mail on Sunday exposed dirty […]
Aid
The begging bowl barons
Published by The Mail on Sunday (18th December, 2016) Bosses of charities handed millions in British foreign aid to fight poverty in poor nations are creaming off huge […]
Aid / Politics
Stop this sick corruption of compassion
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th December, 2016) Like many people of my generation, influenced by the begging bowl concerts of Live Aid, I wanted to believe […]
Afghanistan / Aid / World
High salaries, bonuses and suspect cash withdrawals
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th December, 2016) It all sounds so positive on Adam Smith International’s website: an example of the way in which the aid […]
Aid
The £1billion secret
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th December, 2016) The Prime Minister’s most senior security adviser has told MPs £1.1 billion of foreign aid spending should be ‘kept […]
Aid
Poverty barons in dirty trick probe
Published by The Mail on Sunday (11th December, 2016) Two ‘dirty tricks’ inquiries have been launched into Britain’s biggest specialist foreign aid contractor after a Mail on Sunday […]
Africa / Aid / Politics / Somalia
Revealed: How Britain pours £568m into war-torn Somalia despite ‘certain’ risk it will be stolen and used to fund terrorism
Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th December, 2016) The Government is pumping more than half a billion pounds of aid into war-torn Somalia – despite accepting there […]
Aid / Politics
I’ve got hold of ‘Official Sensitive’ government business plans. They can help us on bids
Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th December, 2016) A former government official now working for Adam Smith International obtained secret files revealing aid policies and spending plans […]
Aid / Politics
Exposed: how foreign aid giant conned MPs with fake evidence
Published by The Mail on Sunday (4th December, 2016) Fat cat foreign aid contractors paid millions by the taxpayer tried to deceive MPs and protect their lucrative business […]
Aid / Economics
Prosperity is about more than just money
Published by CapX (3rd November, 2016) Shortly after becoming prime minister six years ago, David Cameron reiterated his much-mocked idea of a national happiness index. ‘It’s high time […]
Aid / Economics
Politicians must stand up for the glories of globalisation
Published by CapX (27th October, 2016) The Belgian region of Wallonia was once called the crossroads of Europe. It sent arms to Spain in medieval times, then became […]