09 October 2007

Responding to today's announcement in the Comprehensive Spending Review that the Department for International Development will have its budget increased by 11%, Romilly Greenhill, senior policy analyst at ActionAid, said:

"Increased funding to fight poverty is clearly welcome, particularly in this tough spending round. Now the challenge is to ensure that this is all real aid - all new money delivered where it's needed most: health, education and well funded, well delivered public services."