Foreign Affairs

Foreign Office permanent secretary says probe will be government-wide as emails had a "very wide" readership in Whitehall

Foreign Office says ambassadors must be able to give "honest, unvarnished" opinions in confidence

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Migration Advisory Committee asked to look again at regional earnings thresholds and ‘high public value’ jobs with low pay

National Audit Office calls for ‘systematic approach’ to assessing capability and effectiveness of ODA spending

Union says foreign secretary wrote to Interserve “expressing unhappiness” over treatment of contract workers

Update also reveals Windrush taskforce has rejected 1,445 applications for documentation proving status

Former diplomat Kumar Iyer becomes department’s first BAME board member

MPs warn practice is undermining the nation’s international climate and development targets

Parliamentary committee voices ‘serious concerns’, including use of a digital-only system and numerous technical problems

NAO head says the department failed to protect innocent students in 2014 English test cheating scandal