From the start of 2015 until the end of 2017, UK support to immunisation programmes immunised an estimated 56.4 million children, saving an estimated 990,000 lives. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmintdev/215/21507.htm">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801...

Independent reviews rate 79% of UK aid as making a positive contribution. https://www.cgdev.org/blog/how-effective-uk-aid-assessing-last-8-years-spending">https://www.cgdev.org/blog/how-...

UK aid meant that between 2012 and 2016, 24.9m food rations, 9.5 relief packages, clean water for 3.9m, and 1.1 million were given some cash or voucher support was given for the Syrian refugee crisis in the region. https://twitter.com/anonmugwump/status/889810028114440192">https://twitter.com/anonmugwu...

I’d strongly recommend going through random entries on the UK govt website to see how aid is being spent. Here’s a random example after the earthquake in Nepal. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nepal-earthquake-uk-aid-response">https://www.gov.uk/governmen...

“The UK’s allocation to the Global Fund will save a life every 3 minutes for the next 3 years and will dramatically improve the lives of millions of people.” https://www.gov.uk/government/news/a-life-saved-every-three-minutes-britain-leads-the-way-in-fight-against-hivaids-tb-and-malaria">https://www.gov.uk/governmen...

A more general case for aid - which acknowledges its weaknesses and its inefficiencies - is here by Jeffery Sachs https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/01/21/the-case-for-aid/">https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/01/2...