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UK to merge international development ministry and Foreign Office

  • "This will unite our aid with our diplomacy and bring them together in our international effort," he told parliament.
Published June 16, 2020

LONDON: Britain will merge the Foreign Office and its international development ministry whilst retaining a commitment to spend 0.7pc of gross national income on aid, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday.

"This will unite our aid with our diplomacy and bring them together in our international effort," he told parliament.

The new ministry will be called the Foreign, Commonweath and Development Office.

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