MPs criticise cuts to aid projects based on negative media coverage

Development committee says misleading headlines on aid spending appeared to lead to the closure of programmes that were performing well MPs have criticised the Department for International Development (DfID) for closing aid programmes based on negative media coverage and expressed concern over its handling of reputational risk.Aid spending is coming under intense scrutiny and has been much criticised in the media. But much of the coverage was misleading, according to a report published by the Ho