Alex Morton: It’s time to turn the Department for International Development into a Department for Humanitarian Relief

At a time when austerity continues, we need to be explain that we are not wasting taxpayers’ money on a grand delusion that we can create prosperity.

James Frayne: Those who use the Oxfam scandal to bash overseas aid risk looking opportunistic in the extreme

While polls show that clear majorities believe the aid budget to be too high, they continue to pour their own money into international development charities.

The Moggcast. CCHQ’s attempts to rule the Party by “imperial fiat” – and how they attempted to block Rees-Mogg’s candidacy

He replies to Soubry’s call to expel him, argues aid should be “investment rather than expenditure”, and reveals what it’s like to face “poser” masked thugs.

WATCH: Mordaunt – “Aid is good, but we have to reassure donors.”

“We have to demonstrate that the money is not just being spent well, but could not be spent better”.

Theo Clarke: British aid is giving hope and purpose to Syrian refugees in Lebanon and Jordan

We are not just helping them – we are empowering them to help themselves. That transforms individual lives and helps the region to stabilise.

Johnson is right, Foreign Office oversight of the aid budget would be wise

Overseas development spending will never fulfil its soft-power potential if DfID is allowed to pursue what amounts to its own foreign policy.

Nick Herbert: The question isn’t whether aid works. It does. The question is how it can work better.

The challenge for aid donors and recipients alike is to work together to improve its efficiency and effectiveness.

Dom Morris: Further cuts to the navy’s amphibious capabilities would threaten the prospects of Global Britain

The Task Force dispatched in response to Hurricane Irma was a remarkable achievement. If the rumoured cuts go ahead, we will not be able to repeat it.

Overseas aid – and Britain’s Brexit bonus. Mordaunt must mull what to do with it.

Patel got a lot done – in particular, improving international rules about emergency spending. Now her successor must work on an aid policy for Global Britain.

Lord Ashcroft: A new era opens for St Helena – but there are still major problems to overcome

While we still have a commitment to spend 0.7 per cent of our GDP on foreign aid, I would much rather see such funds allocated to our Overseas Territories.

Tom Chapman: The patriotic case for aid

Our commitment to overseas development is under constant political pressure, but it enhances British soft power around the world.

Let that lion roar: Johnson’s speech in full

“A society that does not judge you for where you come from or your background or how you live your life provided you do no harm to others that is the syncretic genius of our country.”

Facing the future: Davis’s speech in full

“Of course sometimes the exchanges are tough, but that is to be expected…because the prizes for success are enormous. As are the consequences of failure.”

Gareth Wallace: As the South Sudan crisis spirals, here’s how World Vision is saving lives

I left feeling proud that as a UK taxpayer my money is being put to such good use, but we mustn’t pat ourselves on the back just yet. Our work is not done.

The Government would be right to ‘take back control’ of our aid budget

Cameron’s insistence on binding Britain to the OECD has undermined not just May’s vision for overseas development, but his own.