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Brendan Whitty
BrendanWhitty
@emildauncey thanks for the prompt. Some thoughts on DFID being folded into the FCO - a thread. DFID has been technically as good as any donor, with excellent, committed staff.
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Jack Watling
Jack_Watling
Some thoughts on the death of DFID: I suspect that without a clear champion in Cabinet the cut will be effectively more than that announced, because that will disrpoportionately fall
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Owen Barder
owenbarder
Thank you to @ianbirrell for taking the trouble to reply to my thread, disagreeing with the conclusion he drew from DFID's engagement with the Millennium Villages Project in Northern Ghana.
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International Development Committee
CommonsIDC
Tune in TODAY at 2:30 pm for our session on the DFID-FCO merger and on the UK’s global response to #COVID19.We’ll be questioning DFID’s SoS @annietrev and senior officials.Watch here:
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Owen Barder
owenbarder
I like @ianbirrell and I admire his campaigning journalism. I disagree with him about foreign aid, which he does not support. But his article today contains a claim about @DFID_UK
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Ian Birrell
ianbirrell
I like @owenbarder and admire his campaigning. I disagree with him about foreign aid, which he supports strongly.But his series of tweets taking issue with a reference of mine about
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Patrick Maguire
patrickkmaguire
Told the government has appointed several 2019 MPs to the payroll today...Gagan Mohindra (SW Herts) is PPS at TransportJacob Young (Redcar) is PPS at MHCLG Nickie Aiken (Cities of London
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Ranil Dissanayake
scepticalranil
Yesterday was my last day as an economist in DFID after an incredibly rewarding decade there, the last four years working for Stefan Dercon and then @rglenner. To mark the
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Gavin Freeguard
GavinFreeguard
NEW CIVIL SERVICE STATSFollow @aliceolilly for the main thread (https://mobile.twitter.com/aliceolilly/status/1298540224641892357) but here's a bit more on grade...The most junior grades - Admin Officer/Assistant - account for a third o
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Steve Bullock
GuitarMoog
This will, I think, be my last post on UK politics.It a) makes me desperately unhappy; b) damages my mental health; & c) is futile with the current parties and
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George Monbiot
GeorgeMonbiot
When I consider Priti Patel’s career as a tobacco lobbyist, her shocking behaviour at DFID, culminating in her secret attempt to channel UK aid money through the Israeli military, and
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Ian Mitchell
EconMitch
UK 2020 aid stats released this morning, a few immediate observations:1. UK met the 0.7% target in 2020It spent £14.5bn, down £712m (-4.7%) in line with fall in national income
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Fionna O'Leary, 🕯🇪🇺
fascinatorfun
2016: Aggressive' Priti Patel 'threw briefing folder at official's face and it hit him' | Daily Mail OnlineThat is a criminal offence of assault. The now Home Sec2015: a £25k
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Hannah Al-Othman Says Stay Inside
HannahAlOthman
More front bench announcements, there's a few, so here's a thread!Think we knew this one already, but Starmer's PPS is Carolyn Harris.Shadow Treasury ministers:Dan Carden (Financial Secretary)Pat McFadden (Economic Secretary)Wes
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Kemi Badenoch
KemiBadenoch
Actually, I spoke to the Foreign Sec about #EndSars last week and also to @JamesDuddridge, Africa minister. We’ve been on this saga loooong before the protests started. Can’t do
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The Leave Alliance
LeaveHQ
1. The #ForeignAid debate follows a familiar pattern. Cherrypicked and distorted examples of "waste", years out of date, to paint a picture of incompetent civil servants flinging cash at dictators
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