Category: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Kabul evacuation whistleblower wins case against UK government

Civil servant Josie Stewart found to have been unlawfully dismissed in 2022 after she told BBC about failuresA civil servant who blew the whistle about the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan and Boris Johnson’s...

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Britain’s system for controlling arms exports is broken, former diplomat claims

Ex-Foreign Office official says he saw conduct that ‘crossed the threshold into complicity with war crimes’Mark Smith: I saw illegality and complicity with war crimes. That’s why I quit the UK Foreign...

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British Council could disappear within a decade, says chief executive

Exclusive: Scott McDonald is looking at budget cuts and axing the organisation’s presence in up to 40 countries• Why the financial crisis at the British Council matters as UK pushes soft powerThe British Council could...

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‘Dubious’ use of the Freedom of Information act stopping access to files on Prince Andrew, researchers say

Biographer says government departments give contradictory refusals to requests and accuses them of ‘cover up’Researchers have called for greater transparency from the Foreign Office over the files it holds on the...

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MPs fear government too trusting of China in wake of alleged spy scandal

‘We cannot be the naive ones in the relationship,’ says one Labour MP, as pressure mounts to put country in upper tier of risk registerMPs fear the government is moving too fast to re-establish UK-China relations as...

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MPs threaten to name Chinese ‘spy’ linked to Prince Andrew

Allegations raise calls for caution in UK over bid to re-establish China linksMPs fear the government is moving too fast to re-establish UK-China relations as some consider naming the alleged spy who used his relationship with...

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