MPs have warned that the merger of the Foreign Office and Department for International Development (Dfid) must not lead to a lessening of aid expertise. The Commons Foreign Affairs Select Committee insisted creating the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) ‘risks weakening the cultures of each department’. The study said the merger raised ‘the possibility... Read More
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