Liz Truss’s Foreign Office (FCDO) needs to step up work on Russia, improve staff morale and has “not yet fully found its feet” after taking responsibility for international aid, the Institute for Government (IfG) said.
The think tank’s report, drawn up with input from current and former officials and foreign policy experts, said the FCDO was “already reeling” from Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic and the withdrawal from Afghanistan at the time of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
