On June 16, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a merger between the Department for International Development and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The two departments will form a new body from September, called the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office.
Although a potential merger between the two departments had been widely anticipated, the timing came as a surprise to many, and leaves unanswered questions about what the new department will look like and what the implications are for U.K. aid.
With any change in the machinery of government, “whether it’s effective or not depends on the vision behind it … The next two months are going to be critical in deciding where this all goes,” said Myles Wickstead, who has served as both a diplomat and a development official for the U.K. government.
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