Articles on UK development aid

March 13, 2025

What are Labour governments for? Why aid budget cuts are an existential matter

Martin Farr, Newcastle University

Overseas development has always fallen in and out of favour between governments. But this feels different – and terminal.

September 13, 2022

Michael Jennings, SOAS, University of London

Since the Brexit referendum in 2016, Africa has slipped from its precarious but tangible place in UK political discourse.

November 25, 2020

Victoria Honeyman, University of Leeds

Overseas aid doesn’t just help developing countries, Britain also benefits hugely.

Michael Jennings
Professor in Global Development, SOAS, University of London
Victoria Honeyman
Professor of British Politics, University of Leeds
Martin Farr
Senior Lecturer in Contemporary British History, Newcastle University