Such initiatives are surely a deserving recipient of more of the UK’s overseas aid than China, which reportedly received £51.7 million last year.
On every front, his policy seems defined by retrenchment and retreat. Circumstances are difficult, but he must nonetheless do better.
“The Treasury Finance Ministry view of the world isn’t about structural reform to increase the productive capacity of the economy.”
We see evident now in the Tory Party, my party, a strange mix of complacency, entitlement, fear and exhaustion.
The Foreign Secretary aims to unleash the power of countries to control their own futures. Investing to end malaria helps achieve this.
A new report sets out clear steps the UK can take, alongside our allies, to reinforce this vital democratic partner.
Why did the Foreign Office fail in this case, but succeed over Ukraine, in the view of some of its critics?
Even if the Government has the will to act, it has rattled its sabres so long, and to so little effect, that this isn’t obvious.
The decision to drop an approach maintained by both parties since 1979 could put British nationals overseas at risk.
Administrative bottlenecks, a risk-averse institutional culture, and London’s famously litigious environment are all drag factors.
Geopolitical risks create uncertainty in energy markets as reliability is questioned, pushing up prices and creating resistance to climate change goals.
Re-calibrating policies to account for the reality of conflict and warfare today could not be more urgent.
The Salisbury attack constituted a kind of education in how brutal and shameless Moscow is prepared to be when flouting national sovereignty.
I am grateful to ConservativeHome for publishing my Chagos assessments every Christmas/new year since 2012. A decade later we are close to a resolution.