Last night, we hosted an LCID parliamentary reception, where we had a packed room of MPs, peers and staffers joining us to discuss all things international development. It was wonderful to hear from FCDO Minister Baroness Chapman and David Taylor MP!
February 11, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Last night, we hosted an LCID parliamentary reception, where we had a packed room of MPs, peers and staffers joining us to discuss all things international development. It was wonderful to hear from FCDO Minister Baroness Chapman and David Taylor MP!
🌐🌱🧊Great to attend #ArcticFrontiers - #TurnoftheTide & start my fieldwork in Tromsø 🇳🇴
Glad to share research & engage w/stakeholders 4 discussions on #tech4climate & #sustainabledevelopment in #Arctic. Thank you @ukarcticoffice.bsky.social & FCDO/DSIT UK Science & Tech Netwrk for sponsoring #AF2026
Glad to share research & engage w/stakeholders 4 discussions on #tech4climate & #sustainabledevelopment in #Arctic. Thank you @ukarcticoffice.bsky.social & FCDO/DSIT UK Science & Tech Netwrk for sponsoring #AF2026
February 11, 2026 at 9:38 PM
🌐🌱🧊Great to attend #ArcticFrontiers - #TurnoftheTide & start my fieldwork in Tromsø 🇳🇴
Glad to share research & engage w/stakeholders 4 discussions on #tech4climate & #sustainabledevelopment in #Arctic. Thank you @ukarcticoffice.bsky.social & FCDO/DSIT UK Science & Tech Netwrk for sponsoring #AF2026
Glad to share research & engage w/stakeholders 4 discussions on #tech4climate & #sustainabledevelopment in #Arctic. Thank you @ukarcticoffice.bsky.social & FCDO/DSIT UK Science & Tech Netwrk for sponsoring #AF2026
All kinds of craziness going on in NY when she was there I gather. Technically a DIT role I think, but lots of overlap with FCDO and caused some friction.
February 11, 2026 at 9:23 PM
All kinds of craziness going on in NY when she was there I gather. Technically a DIT role I think, but lots of overlap with FCDO and caused some friction.
This is an extraordinary interview in which the former FCDO perm sec basically tells No 10 not to appoint Antonia Romeo to be cab sec, and that they should talk to him about her record.
‘Due diligence vitally important’ in next top civil servant appointment – Lord McDonald
www.channel4.com/news/due-dil...
www.channel4.com/news/due-dil...
‘Due diligence vitally important’ in next top civil servant appointment – Lord McDonald
Another high profile departure from No 10 in the wake of the Mandelson scandal is due to be Britain's top civil servant.
www.channel4.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:42 PM
This is an extraordinary interview in which the former FCDO perm sec basically tells No 10 not to appoint Antonia Romeo to be cab sec, and that they should talk to him about her record.
The FCO (now FCDO) had a diplomatic exchange programme with European counterparts, including France and Germany, for many years. Don’t know if it continued after Brexit but I’m sure someone can say.
February 11, 2026 at 10:22 AM
The FCO (now FCDO) had a diplomatic exchange programme with European counterparts, including France and Germany, for many years. Don’t know if it continued after Brexit but I’m sure someone can say.
Latest statement from the ISC in relation to the Mandelson papers - outlines the process. The committee met representatives of the Cabinet Office and FCDO yesterday. The Cabinet Secretary was due to attend “but was unavailable at the last minute.”
February 11, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Latest statement from the ISC in relation to the Mandelson papers - outlines the process. The committee met representatives of the Cabinet Office and FCDO yesterday. The Cabinet Secretary was due to attend “but was unavailable at the last minute.”
JE himself felt Maxwell's death was a result of double-crossing Israel. FCDO believed he was at least a triple agent. JE probably was as well, in addition to all the private parties he was a fixer for.
February 10, 2026 at 9:59 PM
JE himself felt Maxwell's death was a result of double-crossing Israel. FCDO believed he was at least a triple agent. JE probably was as well, in addition to all the private parties he was a fixer for.
with lots of thanks to the STAAR facility and FCDO for supporting the study
February 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
with lots of thanks to the STAAR facility and FCDO for supporting the study
💬 'We take care of the ocean because it takes care of us.'
Ilana Seid on ocean stewardship and the need for better funding for SDG14, the sustainable development goal focused on life below the water.
🤝 @odi.global I UK FCDO I RESI
Ilana Seid on ocean stewardship and the need for better funding for SDG14, the sustainable development goal focused on life below the water.
🤝 @odi.global I UK FCDO I RESI
February 10, 2026 at 4:22 PM
💬 'We take care of the ocean because it takes care of us.'
Ilana Seid on ocean stewardship and the need for better funding for SDG14, the sustainable development goal focused on life below the water.
🤝 @odi.global I UK FCDO I RESI
Ilana Seid on ocean stewardship and the need for better funding for SDG14, the sustainable development goal focused on life below the water.
🤝 @odi.global I UK FCDO I RESI
In a last-minute pitch to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Davie said the uncertainty came as news organisations were cutting their international reporting and disinformation was “flooding the digital sphere at an incredible speed”.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
BBC World Service faces funding cliff edge in seven weeks, says Tim Davie
As trust in Russia and China’s state broadcasters grows, director general warns of the dangers of cutting back the service
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:06 PM
In a last-minute pitch to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Davie said the uncertainty came as news organisations were cutting their international reporting and disinformation was “flooding the digital sphere at an incredible speed”.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
"Most of the World Service’s £400m budget comes from the licence fee ... the Foreign Office contributed £137m in the last year." - FCDO dithering over peanuts whilst irreplaceable World Service staff must be considering looking elsewhere for a job.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
BBC World Service faces funding cliff edge in seven weeks, says Tim Davie
As trust in Russia and China’s state broadcasters grows, director general warns of the dangers of cutting back the service
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:06 PM
"Most of the World Service’s £400m budget comes from the licence fee ... the Foreign Office contributed £137m in the last year." - FCDO dithering over peanuts whilst irreplaceable World Service staff must be considering looking elsewhere for a job.
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/media/2026/f...
An FCDO statement on the Israeli Security Cabinet's decision to expand Israeli control over the West Bank.
FCDO Statement on expansion of Israeli control over the West Bank
An FCDO statement on the Israeli Security Cabinet's decision to expand Israeli control over the West Bank.
www.gov.uk
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
An FCDO statement on the Israeli Security Cabinet's decision to expand Israeli control over the West Bank.
Speaker has granted an urgent question in the House of Commons today.
From Sir Iain Duncan Smith to ask Yvette Cooper MP, the Secretary of State for FCDO Affairs, to make a statement on the 20-year sentence imposed on #JimmyLai , a #British Citizen.
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/102...
From Sir Iain Duncan Smith to ask Yvette Cooper MP, the Secretary of State for FCDO Affairs, to make a statement on the 20-year sentence imposed on #JimmyLai , a #British Citizen.
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/102...
Order Paper for 09 February 2026
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk
February 9, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Speaker has granted an urgent question in the House of Commons today.
From Sir Iain Duncan Smith to ask Yvette Cooper MP, the Secretary of State for FCDO Affairs, to make a statement on the 20-year sentence imposed on #JimmyLai , a #British Citizen.
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/102...
From Sir Iain Duncan Smith to ask Yvette Cooper MP, the Secretary of State for FCDO Affairs, to make a statement on the 20-year sentence imposed on #JimmyLai , a #British Citizen.
commonsbusiness.parliament.uk/Document/102...
You will be much more cautious in future contacts. Result: UK is less well informed, less able to influence and persuade in UK interests. The solution is surely for the ISC and FCDO to discuss carefully what the Committee really need from the period when Mandelson was Ambo.
February 9, 2026 at 9:36 AM
You will be much more cautious in future contacts. Result: UK is less well informed, less able to influence and persuade in UK interests. The solution is surely for the ISC and FCDO to discuss carefully what the Committee really need from the period when Mandelson was Ambo.
Imagine you are a political opponent in an authoritarian regime. You have taken the risk to talk frankly to a UK diplomat. You trust them to respect your confidence. Then you read that the FCDO have passed piles of documents from the Washington Embassy to a parliamentary Cttee.
February 9, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Imagine you are a political opponent in an authoritarian regime. You have taken the risk to talk frankly to a UK diplomat. You trust them to respect your confidence. Then you read that the FCDO have passed piles of documents from the Washington Embassy to a parliamentary Cttee.
Happy 43rd Birthday, FCDO Chevening Scholarships & Fellowships programme! 🎈✨
Being a Chevening Scholar & Social Media Ambassador is more than just an award – it’s a life-transforming journey. This community has shown me that when we invest in education and leadership, we truly change the world. 🌍💙
Being a Chevening Scholar & Social Media Ambassador is more than just an award – it’s a life-transforming journey. This community has shown me that when we invest in education and leadership, we truly change the world. 🌍💙
February 8, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Happy 43rd Birthday, FCDO Chevening Scholarships & Fellowships programme! 🎈✨
Being a Chevening Scholar & Social Media Ambassador is more than just an award – it’s a life-transforming journey. This community has shown me that when we invest in education and leadership, we truly change the world. 🌍💙
Being a Chevening Scholar & Social Media Ambassador is more than just an award – it’s a life-transforming journey. This community has shown me that when we invest in education and leadership, we truly change the world. 🌍💙
“I have seen firsthand how the UN team and its partners, including members of Indigenous communities, are working to ensure peace is not just a word, but a sustained reality,” says Fiona Zeka, FCDO UK, reflecting on her visit with the Peacebuilding Fund to Guatemala last month.
youtu.be/fqOSwjwVXJM
youtu.be/fqOSwjwVXJM
The Unique Characteristics of the UN Peacebuilding Fund - Fiona Zeka
YouTube video by UN Peacebuilding
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
“I have seen firsthand how the UN team and its partners, including members of Indigenous communities, are working to ensure peace is not just a word, but a sustained reality,” says Fiona Zeka, FCDO UK, reflecting on her visit with the Peacebuilding Fund to Guatemala last month.
youtu.be/fqOSwjwVXJM
youtu.be/fqOSwjwVXJM
Whatever savings are made to the cost of restoring the Palace itself will be dwarfed by the costs of moving, inter alia, Parliament, No 10, the principle ministries (namely HMT and the FCDO), and the principle diplomatic missions to the UK.
February 6, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Whatever savings are made to the cost of restoring the Palace itself will be dwarfed by the costs of moving, inter alia, Parliament, No 10, the principle ministries (namely HMT and the FCDO), and the principle diplomatic missions to the UK.
Many in Luton North may have concerns about loved ones. Please check the FCDO travel advice updates for travel and if you are concerned about the safety of UK citizens currently abroad in Pakistan, please contact their MP with as much detail as possible.
February 6, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Many in Luton North may have concerns about loved ones. Please check the FCDO travel advice updates for travel and if you are concerned about the safety of UK citizens currently abroad in Pakistan, please contact their MP with as much detail as possible.
The case led the FCDO to change its guidance for the Scholarships for Students from Gaza scheme, ensuring others in similar situations aren’t left behind.
February 6, 2026 at 1:15 PM
The case led the FCDO to change its guidance for the Scholarships for Students from Gaza scheme, ensuring others in similar situations aren’t left behind.
What does it take to move from AI pilots to real impact for farmers?
At EvalFest 2026 (12 Feb), our panel From Pilots to Impact examines evidence on scaling AI in agriculture across LMICs, based on a study commissioned by the FCDO Research Commissioning Centre.
Join the conversation!
#EvalFest2026
At EvalFest 2026 (12 Feb), our panel From Pilots to Impact examines evidence on scaling AI in agriculture across LMICs, based on a study commissioned by the FCDO Research Commissioning Centre.
Join the conversation!
#EvalFest2026
February 6, 2026 at 12:37 PM
What does it take to move from AI pilots to real impact for farmers?
At EvalFest 2026 (12 Feb), our panel From Pilots to Impact examines evidence on scaling AI in agriculture across LMICs, based on a study commissioned by the FCDO Research Commissioning Centre.
Join the conversation!
#EvalFest2026
At EvalFest 2026 (12 Feb), our panel From Pilots to Impact examines evidence on scaling AI in agriculture across LMICs, based on a study commissioned by the FCDO Research Commissioning Centre.
Join the conversation!
#EvalFest2026
No, I don’t think that’s true, Dame Pierce had already done 5 years at that point and was UK rep to the UN before that.
FCDO rules are max 5 years in one post and no more than 2 overseas posts back to back.
FCDO rules are max 5 years in one post and no more than 2 overseas posts back to back.
February 6, 2026 at 8:47 AM
No, I don’t think that’s true, Dame Pierce had already done 5 years at that point and was UK rep to the UN before that.
FCDO rules are max 5 years in one post and no more than 2 overseas posts back to back.
FCDO rules are max 5 years in one post and no more than 2 overseas posts back to back.
Olly Robbins is quite right to think of the welfare of FCDO staff, especially those who serve in the US network. There is enough for them to cope with in this disordered world without the political storm around the man who was giveb the privilege of a leadership role. www.politico.eu/article/uk-d...
UK diplomats fear Mandelson files ‘damaging’ for Trump relationship
U.K. officials say the former ambassador to Washington Peter Mandelson downloaded his thoughts in “real time,” and they fear “damaging” messages will be made public.
www.politico.eu
February 6, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Olly Robbins is quite right to think of the welfare of FCDO staff, especially those who serve in the US network. There is enough for them to cope with in this disordered world without the political storm around the man who was giveb the privilege of a leadership role. www.politico.eu/article/uk-d...
Le Royaume-Uni avertit ses voyageurs sur les risques
https://www.europesays.com/africa/66581/
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commonwealth et du Développement au Royaume-Uni (FCDO) a mis à jour ses…
https://www.europesays.com/africa/66581/
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commonwealth et du Développement au Royaume-Uni (FCDO) a mis à jour ses…
Le Royaume-Uni avertit ses voyageurs sur les risques - Europe Africa
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commonwealth et du Développement au Royaume-Uni (FCDO) a mis à jour ses conseils de voyage pour le Maroc. Dans une
www.europesays.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Le Royaume-Uni avertit ses voyageurs sur les risques
https://www.europesays.com/africa/66581/
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commonwealth et du Développement au Royaume-Uni (FCDO) a mis à jour ses…
https://www.europesays.com/africa/66581/
Le ministère des Affaires étrangères, du Commonwealth et du Développement au Royaume-Uni (FCDO) a mis à jour ses…
February 5, 2026: OFSI adds 6 persons to Sudan sanctions
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February 5, 2026: OFSI adds 6 persons to Sudan sanctions
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February 6, 2026 at 2:20 AM
February 5, 2026: OFSI adds 6 persons to Sudan sanctions
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