UK bans sex between government aid workers and recipients to rein in abuse
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Britain has banned sexual relations between government staff giving aid and people receiving it, as lawmakers seek to stamp out abuse in the aid sector following a string of sex scandals. Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has also banned staff exchanging money or jobs for sex, sexual relationships based on […]
World’s poor “will pay price”, charities say as UK scraps aid department
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Charities and former British prime ministers condemned the government’s decision on Tuesday to merge its diplomatic and aid departments, warning it could not come at a worse time and that “the world’s poorest will pay the price”. Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parliament the new joint ministry – the Foreign, Commonwealth […]