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Government updates ICAI on progress implementing recommendations

17 Oct 2025

The government has updated the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) on how it is implementing recommendations to improve UK…

UK doubles Sudan crisis funding to £231 million but aid watchdog finds impact could be strengthened

15 Oct 2025

ICAI says UK’s ambition and money needs to be matched by adequate staffing Raising awareness of the conflict’s devastating impact…

Watchdog warns UK refugee costs could absorb one-fifth of reduced aid budget

15 Jul 2025

Asylum support costs expected to continue to consume significant portion of reduced UK aid budget in 2027-28, leaving as little…

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We welcome today's @aidtransparency report and the fact many departments are becoming more transparent about their aid spend. But ICAI has long called for greater transparency around the Home Office's use of aid for domestic refugee costs and will continue to monitor this closely

Raising awareness of the Sudan conflict’s devastating impact on women and girls must translate into sustained support, says @ICAI_UK’s new review: https://icai.independent.gov.uk/review/uk-aid-to-sudan/

@ICAI_UK’s latest review of UK aid to Sudan finds that funding increases and ministerial ambition must be matched by adequate staffing of the crisis response.

Read the review here: https://icai.independent.gov.uk/review/uk-aid-to-sudan/

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