
Coalition is ''shaking down'' equity firm
Government likely to raise between £60m and £70m by selling the 40 per cent stake that it has in Actis
Increased overseas aid ''at risk from fraud''
Spending more in fragile and conflict-affected countries could increase fraud and corruption, MPs say
Parts of Somalia now in a state of famine
The UK has led the way on aid, but countries like Denmark, Italy and France had not provided any extra help
UK to give £814m to vaccinate world's poor
And the international development secretary says shortly the UK will no longer give aid funding to India
Food shortage ''needs agricultural revolution''
A future food shortage could be tackled by genetically modified crops, says chief scientific adviser
Hague: 'We are determined to make Britain great again'
The shadow foreign secretary told his party's conference that the Conservatives would reject the 'strategic shrinkage' of Britain's role in the world and refuse to be agents for the management of the country's decline
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