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25 Mar Foreign Affairs

FCDO has ‘reduced’ development capacity since merger, watchdog warns

FCO-DfID merger has had some benefits but major problems remain, NAO report finds

18 Sep 2023 Foreign Affairs

UK aid impoverished by FCO-DfID merger, report warns

Officials have been faced with ‘strategic drift’ in recent years, aid watchdog says

15 Jun 2023 Foreign Affairs

FCDO picks development veteran as new second perm sec

Nick Dyer is a former acting perm sec at DFID and has worked in government on development since 1997

06 Apr 2023 Foreign Affairs

FCDO extends recruitment window for new second perm sec

Department gives potential candidates three more weeks to apply for £160k role

08 Dec 2022 Civil Service Reform

FCDO to step up aid scrutiny as minister admits UK 'not a development superpower'

Development minister also planning restructure which could include new second perm sec

06 Oct 2022 Foreign Affairs

Watchdog raises concern over 'decline' in FCDO aid transparency

ICAI tells department to set sights higher and resume publishing forward aid spending plans

05 Oct 2022 Finance

'Money is tight': Foreign Office must cut spending, Cleverly warns

Foreign secretary says FCDO must "cut cloth" and deliver "on a tighter budget"

06 Apr 2022 Finance

FCDO and Treasury urged to start planning for increased aid spending

Imminent strategy eyes budget “rebalancing” towards bilateral programmes to give the UK more say on how cash is allocated

31 Mar 2022 Civil Service Reform

Former Foreign Office perm sec calls for FCDO redundancies

Simon McDonald says the FCDO looks like “two departments stuck together”

18 Mar 2022 Security & Defence

FCDO gets joint perm sec in major personnel shakeup

Africa DG Moazzam Malik “declines role in revised structure”, staff are told

29 Sep 2021 Foreign Affairs

FCO and DfID merger seen as failure, survey of officials finds

Civil service leaders’ union says just 7.5% of respondents believe creation of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office has been a success

25 Jun 2021 Foreign Affairs

FCDO accused of ‘trying to hide foreign aid cuts’

Parliamentary committee chair says failure to properly detail spending coincides with reduction in Official Development Assistance

27 Jan 2021 Brexit

Opinion: What government cuts to the overseas aid budget mean for Global Britain

Dr Philip A. Berry and Dr Joe Devanny argue that Boris Johnson has overturned 15 years of Conservative Party policy on development aid and, in the process, has moved towards a narrower, meaner vision of ‘Global Britain’.

28 Sep 2020 Foreign Affairs

FCDO admits ‘some roles may change’ because of merger

MPs are told department will await the outcome of a wider review before deciding on new nationality requirements

17 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform

DfID was one of government’s most data savvy departments. Preserving these skills will be a test of Whitehall reform

DfID used data and analysis in a way that few other departments manage – and in a way that the government is keen to expand. How this is nurtured in the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office will be a key lesson

02 Sep 2020 Foreign Affairs

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office launched with pledge to lead global action on coronavirus and famine

DfID acting perm sec Nick Dyer given new role as special envoy for famine prevention and humanitarian affairs after merger

14 Aug 2020

DfID unveils £4.8m UK aid fund to protect high street supply chains hit by coronavirus

Fund will support "some of the most vulnerable workers in developing countries", DfID says amid criticisms it is funnelling aid "into the pockets of wealthy businesses"

17 Jul 2020 Civil Service Reform

MPs slam Boris Johnson’s ‘impulsive’ decision to merge DfID with the Foreign Office

Government urged to retain the ICAI aid watchdog after overseas aid department's abolition

17 Mar 2020 HR

DfID chief Matthew Rycroft named Home Office perm sec

Former ambassador to the UN to succeed Philip Rutnam, who quit in bullying row

26 Feb 2020 Security & Defence

Defence and foreign policy review to look at how 'whole of government can be structured'

Integrated review will "go beyond the parameters of a traditional review", No.10 says

08 Jan 2020 Leadership

DfID perm sec Matthew Rycroft on preparing for a decade of delivery and hunting for treasure

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

10 Dec 2019 Brexit

DfID and DExEU 'could be scrapped' under next Conservative government

Civil servants working up merger plans, reports say

26 Dec 2018 Leadership

DfID chief Matthew Rycroft reflects on becoming a perm sec in 2018

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.

16 Jul 2018 Brexit

Perm sec Matthew Rycroft on aid scrutiny, taking DfID out of its bubble and his ringside seats to history

Matthew Rycroft has undertaken some challenging foreign policy roles in government, from helping end the war in Bosnia to facing down Russia in the UN security council. As he settles into his new role as permanent secretary of the Department for International Development he speaks to Richard Johnstone about the need for closer links with other departments, and the importance of showing what’s possible through the international aid budget

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