Published by The Mail on Sunday (31st July, 2016) An elderly British journalist investigating corruption in Bangladesh has been arrested by a police squad that received UK aid […]
Aid / Politics
The dirty dozen
Published by The Daily Mail (15th April 2016) Britain’s foreign aid budget keeps rising. Currently at £12 billion a year, it is due to soar during David Cameron’s two […]
Aid / Environment / Policy
Why is Britain spending millions on flood aid abroad?
Published by The Daily Mail (9th December, 2015) The human drama being played out in Cumbria this week could hardly be more heartbreaking. Christmas trees, their baubles askew, lie […]
Economics / Immigration / Policy / Politics
Immigration rules are causing a curry crisis
Published by The Daily Telegraph (2nd December, 2015) Shortly after the turn of the century, the then foreign secretary Robin Cook gave a speech celebrating British diversity that […]
Africa / Aid / Europe / Feature / Immigration / Libya / Policy
Voyage of the damned
Published by The Mail on Sunday (19th July, 2015) Shortly after breakfast I spotted a blob on the horizon across the sparkling Mediterranean sea. Within minutes came confirmation: […]
Aid / Pakistan / World
How we pour millions into foreign flood zones
Published in The Daily Mail (12th February, 2014) While thousands of frightened and furious Britons fight to defend their homes from the rising waters this week, the biggest […]