Today, Wednesday 29th October 2025, a new report from the International Development Committee (IDC) into the FCDO's approach to value for money in Official Development Assistance (ODA) has found that...
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Bond statement on the second anniversary of the 7th October attacks
7 October 2025 marks the second anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel. Two years on, the conflict in Gaza continues, with at least 67,160 Palestinians confirmed killed and Gaza enduring one of...
Childhood behind bars: experiencing life under occupation as a Palestinian child
Author: Gloria Leccese-Debney Navid* was fast asleep when the Israeli Defence Force soldiers came for him. It was late at night when the soldiers burst into the 17-year-old student’s home, beat and...
Latest Bond statement on Gaza - July 24, 2025
Bond has made the following statement in reaction to the dire situation in Gaza: Global and domestic outrage at what is happening in Gaza finally seems to be reaching a tipping point – arguably far...
UK Gavi pledge – Bond reaction
At Gavi’s global summit in Brussels, the UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced a new £1.25 billion pledge to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance to help Gavi in their mission to protect up to 500 million...
Continued killing of civilians at Gaza humanitarian assistance distribution sites – Bond statement
Since late May, more than 400 Palestinians have reportedly been killed at food distribution points while trying to access humanitarian assistance in Gaza. Most deaths have occurred near sites...
Rethinking anticipatory action in conflict situations
Author: Kia Howson What if the very assumptions that underpin most anticipatory action models are the reason they struggle in the face of conflict and violence? Anticipatory action has gained...
Spending Review sees very slow reductions in Home Office use of UK aid - Bond reaction
Today, during the Chancellor's unveiling of the government's Spending Review, the Chancellor declared that the use of hotels for asylum seekers will end 'in this parliament.' However, Bond has...
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Joint statement: The UK must not abandon women and girls in crisis
61 organisations, including CARE International UK, have signed a joint statement calling on the Government to rethink a ‘shameful’ move which contradicts Labour's manifesto promise to put women and...
Bond responds to UK, France, Canada statement and joint donor statement on Gaza
On Monday 19 May, the leaders of the UK, France and Canada published a joint public statement on the situation in Gaza and the West Bank. Following this statement, the UK and other donor countries...
Transformations through locally led development: How different INGOs have transformed and the lessons they have learned
Bond releases new case studies of good examples of locally led development from UK NGOs Following the release of Bond’s guide aimed at helping organisations to become locally led and anti-racist in...
Bond reaction to Foreign Secretary’s proposal for a global conference about the future architecture of aid
Last week, the Foreign Secretary David Lammy, spoke to the Lords International Relations Committee about UK aid and development and the UK aid cuts. During the session he proposed that the UK hosts...
Bond reaction to Israel’s proposal to deliver humanitarian assistance through private companies
Following reports that the Israeli government has approved a plan to deliver humanitarian assistance in Gaza through private companies, Bond, the UK network for NGOs, has released the following...
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The powerful role of media in disaster philanthropy and why funding beyond emergency response is vital to tackling inequity
Author: Seema Kapoor, Kyra Zimmerman In 2025, an estimated 22.9 million people in Afghanistan will require humanitarian assistance to survive, yet funding remains critically low. Recent US government...
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Over 100 NGOs and refugee charities call on the government to end the use of hotels for housing asylum seekers as soon as possible
As first reported by The Times newspaper, 107 leaders of NGOs and refugee charities from across the UK, including Refugee Council, Refugee Action, Care International UK, Choose Love, the ONE...
Second anniversary of the Sudan conflict - Bond statement
Tomorrow, Tuesday 15 April, is the second anniversary of the breakout of conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Sudan. Two years on, the conflict continues,...
Prime Minister discussing the UK aid cuts at Parliament's Liaison Committee - Bond reaction
Today, Tuesday 8 April, the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, spoke to Parliament's Liaison Committee and answered questions on the UK aid cuts. During the session, he repeated that he "didn’t want...
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UK aid in 2024 - provisional statistics show the need for reducing asylum costs amidst cuts to the aid budget
Author: Lena Cohrs Last week the government published the provisional Statistics on International Development (SIDs) outlining the UK’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) spending for 2024. The...
Bond statement in reaction to the killing of paramedics and humanitarian workers in Gaza
On 23 March 2025, five ambulances, a fire truck and a UN vehicle carrying paramedics and humanitarian workers in Gaza were struck by Israeli forces, killing eight Palestinian medics, six Civil...
Former Deputy Foreign Secretary Andrew Mitchell gives evidence to International Development Committee - Bond reaction
Today, Tuesday 25 March, former Deputy Foreign Secretary and former Minister for Development, Andrew Mitchell MP, gave evidence to Parliament’s International Development Committee on the Foreign,...