This is an audio recording of an IfG Live Event. The merger of DfID and the FCO into the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is one of the biggest shake-ups in UK foreign policy in decades. How will it affect future foreign and development policy, particularly in the world of Coronavirus? What are its implications for the aid budget? And how can the new organisation preserve the strengths of both its predecessor departments?

Tim Durrant, Associate Director at the Institute for Government, welcomes:

Sarah Champion MP, Chair of the International Development Select Committee
James Cowan, CEO of the HALO Trust
Lord Kerr, former Permanent Under Secretary of State of FCO and British Ambassador to the US

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The new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: making a success of the merger