Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office - Revision history

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Notes

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The shift to 'Public Diplomacy'

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Spending on Propaganda front groups and cut outs

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Propaganda organisations

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Alphabetical list of departments and organisations

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 *[[FCO Programme spending 2019]]
 *[[FCO Programme spending 2020]]
-*[[FCO Programme spending 2021]]
+*[[FCDO Programme spending 2021]]
-*[[FCO Programme spending 2022]]
+*[[FCDO Programme spending 2022]]
 *[[FCDO Programme spending 2023]]
 *[[FCDO Programme spending 2024]]

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 *[[FCO Programme spending 2021]]
 *[[FCO Programme spending 2022]]
+*[[FCDO Programme spending 2023]]
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-[[File:Screenshot 2025-12-24 at 11.29.02.png|thumb|right|600px|[[FCDO]] top management, January 2024.]]
+[[File:Screenshot 2025-12-24 at 11.29.02.png|thumb|right|600px|[[FCDO]] top management, January 2024.<ref>https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/127733/default/</ref>]]
 The '''Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office''' ('''FCDO''') is a UK government department. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs, it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the '''Foreign & Commonwealth Office''' ('''FCO''') and the [[Department for International Development]] (DFID).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200720054953/https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?SID=cGFnZWFjdGlvbj12aWV3dmFjYnlqb2JsaXN0JnVzZXJzZWFyY2hjb250ZXh0PTEwMzg3OTI0MSZzZWFyY2hfc2xpY2VfY3VycmVudD0xJmNzb3VyY2U9Y3Nxc2VhcmNoJm93bmVyPTUwNzAwMDAmcGFnZWNsYXNzPUpvYnMmam9ibGlzdF92aWV3X3ZhYz0xNjc5OTk0Jm93bmVydHlwZT1mYWlyJnJlcXNpZz0xNTk0OTg2Mjg2LWQ5Mzc3Mjc0NmE1NGYyZTJmZjRiOTcyNzcxZDAxNzQ2MDU2Zjk4ZmI= FCDO Board Non-executive Director] archive-date=20 July 2020</ref> The FCO, itself created in 1968 by the merger of the '''Foreign Office''' ('''FO''') and the [[Commonwealth Office]], was responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide.
 ==The challenge of 9/11==

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		+	[[File:Screenshot 2025-12-24 at 11.29.02.png\|thumb\|right\|600px\|[[FCDO]] top management, January 2024.]]
	The '''Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office''' ('''FCDO''') is a UK government department. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs, it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the '''Foreign & Commonwealth Office''' ('''FCO''') and the [[Department for International Development]] (DFID).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200720054953/https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?SID=cGFnZWFjdGlvbj12aWV3dmFjYnlqb2JsaXN0JnVzZXJzZWFyY2hjb250ZXh0PTEwMzg3OTI0MSZzZWFyY2hfc2xpY2VfY3VycmVudD0xJmNzb3VyY2U9Y3Nxc2VhcmNoJm93bmVyPTUwNzAwMDAmcGFnZWNsYXNzPUpvYnMmam9ibGlzdF92aWV3X3ZhYz0xNjc5OTk0Jm93bmVydHlwZT1mYWlyJnJlcXNpZz0xNTk0OTg2Mjg2LWQ5Mzc3Mjc0NmE1NGYyZTJmZjRiOTcyNzcxZDAxNzQ2MDU2Zjk4ZmI= FCDO Board Non-executive Director] archive-date=20 July 2020</ref> The FCO, itself created in 1968 by the merger of the '''Foreign Office''' ('''FO''') and the [[Commonwealth Office]], was responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide.		The '''Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office''' ('''FCDO''') is a UK government department. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs, it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the '''Foreign & Commonwealth Office''' ('''FCO''') and the [[Department for International Development]] (DFID).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200720054953/https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?SID=cGFnZWFjdGlvbj12aWV3dmFjYnlqb2JsaXN0JnVzZXJzZWFyY2hjb250ZXh0PTEwMzg3OTI0MSZzZWFyY2hfc2xpY2VfY3VycmVudD0xJmNzb3VyY2U9Y3Nxc2VhcmNoJm93bmVyPTUwNzAwMDAmcGFnZWNsYXNzPUpvYnMmam9ibGlzdF92aWV3X3ZhYz0xNjc5OTk0Jm93bmVydHlwZT1mYWlyJnJlcXNpZz0xNTk0OTg2Mjg2LWQ5Mzc3Mjc0NmE1NGYyZTJmZjRiOTcyNzcxZDAxNzQ2MDU2Zjk4ZmI= FCDO Board Non-executive Director] archive-date=20 July 2020</ref> The FCO, itself created in 1968 by the merger of the '''Foreign Office''' ('''FO''') and the [[Commonwealth Office]], was responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide.
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 :*[[Robert Vansittart]]
 :*[[Rosemary Waugh]]
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 :The [[Public Diplomacy Strategy Board]] is an advisory committee designed to improve the cohesion, effectiveness and impact of Government efforts to promote the UK overseas. It subsumed the work of the [[Britain Abroad Task Force]] and held its first meeting on 28 October 2002 under the chairmanship of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. The Board is responsible for formulating a national public diplomacy strategy to support the UK's key overseas interests and objectives.<ref>[http://www.visitbritain.com/corporate/stakeholders/public_diplomacy/pdsb.aspx]</ref>
-==Spending on Propaganda front groups and cut outs
+==Spending on Propaganda front groups and cut outs==
 ===April 2016===
 [[Adam Smith International]] | [[Adyan Foundation]] | [[Afghan Women Skills Development Cen]] | [[Ark Group DMCC]] | [[Asia Europe Foundation]] | [[Axiom International Ltd]] | [[BBC Media Action]] | [[Beyond Borders Consulting]] | [[British Council]] | [[Cafod]] | [[Captain Andy's Fishing Supply Ltd]] | [[Carnegie Endownment for International Peace]] | [[Centre for Policy Alternative]] | [[Charity Commission England and Wales]] | [[Chatham House]] | [[China-Britain Business Council]] | [[City of London Police]] | [[Clever Solutions Ltd]] | [[Cntr Istrazv Suprostvljanja Kriminl]] | [[Coffey International Development]] | [[College of Policing]] | [[Commission for Justice and Accountability]] | [[Commonwealth Secretariat]] | [[Community World Service Asia]] | [[Concordis International Trust]] | [[Corporacion Visionari]] | [[Cross Match Technologies Gmbh]] | [[CTA Economic and Export Analysts]] | [[DAI Europe Limited]] | [[Danish Demining Group]] | [[Danish Refugee Council]] | [[Defence Business Services Finance]] | [[Deutsche Gesellschaft Fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit Giz Gmbh]] | [[Deutscher Levante Verlag Gmbh]] | [[DFID Dept International Development]] | [[Ecorys Group Uk]] | [[Etana]] | [[Foundation Hirondelle]] | [[Global Partners Governance Practice Ltd]] | [[Global Rights Compliance LLP]] | [[Government Communications Bureau]]  Admin A/C 6253 | [[Hydrographic Office]] | [[International Institute for Strategic Studies]] | [[Incostrat]] | [[Independent Diplomats]] | [[Injaz Centre for Professional Arab Governance]] | [[Integrity Research and Consultancy Ltd]] | [[International Alert]] | [[International Governance and Risk Limited Govrisk]] | [[International Peace Cooperation Center]] | [[International Relief and Development]] | [[International Republican Institute]] | [[International Rescue Committee]] | [[Interpeace]] | [[International Org for Migration]] | [[Jerusalem Network for Community Advocacy Ltd]] | [[Jinnah Institute]] | [[Kids Creating Peace]] | [[KPMG LLP]] | [[Lapis Middle East and Africa Fz Llc]] | [[Law Enforcement International Ltd]] | [[Mayday Rescue]] | [[Media Diversity Institute]] | [[Medica]] | [[Metropolitan Police Authority]] | [[National Business Initiative]] | [[National Democratic Institute]] | [[Nato International Staff]] | [[Nca National Crime Agency]] | [[Ni Co Operation Overseas Ni Co Ltd]] | [[Np Vreme Doo]] | [[Peace Now]] | [[Peaceful Change Initiative]] | [[Pechter Polls]] | [[Penal Reform International]] | [[Pildat]] | [[Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP]] | [[Progressio]] | [[Promethium Carbon Pty Ltd]] | [[Public Organisation Hromadske Radio]] | [[Pursue Ltd]] | [[Rabbis for Human Rights]] | [[Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh]] | [[Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies]] | [[Saferworld]] | [[Scottish Police Services Authority]] | [[Search for Common Ground]] | [[Serco Limited]] | [[Siren Associates Ltd]] | [[Softmanagement Sa]] | [[Special Tribunal for Lebanon]] | [[Stabilisation Network]] | [[Statt Consulting Ltd]] | [[Stratagem Consulting]] | [[Synergy Global Consulting Ltd]] | [[Tca Limited]] | [[Tearfund]] | [[The Asia Foundation]] | [[The Association of Commonwealth Universities]] | [[The Death Penalty Project Limted]] | [[The Halo Trust]] | [[The Secretary General of the Osce]] | [[Torchlight Solutions Ltd]] | [[United Nations]] | [[Verification Training and Information Centre]] | [[Wasafiri Consulting]] | [[Westminster Foundation for Democracy]] | [[Whites Consultants Limited]] | [[Women for Women International]] | [[Yesh Din]]

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	:The [[Public Diplomacy Strategy Board]] is an advisory committee designed to improve the cohesion, effectiveness and impact of Government efforts to promote the UK overseas. It subsumed the work of the [[Britain Abroad Task Force]] and held its first meeting on 28 October 2002 under the chairmanship of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. The Board is responsible for formulating a national public diplomacy strategy to support the UK's key overseas interests and objectives.<ref>[http://www.visitbritain.com/corporate/stakeholders/public_diplomacy/pdsb.aspx]</ref>		:The [[Public Diplomacy Strategy Board]] is an advisory committee designed to improve the cohesion, effectiveness and impact of Government efforts to promote the UK overseas. It subsumed the work of the [[Britain Abroad Task Force]] and held its first meeting on 28 October 2002 under the chairmanship of the [[Foreign and Commonwealth Office]]. The Board is responsible for formulating a national public diplomacy strategy to support the UK's key overseas interests and objectives.<ref>[http://www.visitbritain.com/corporate/stakeholders/public_diplomacy/pdsb.aspx]</ref>
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	== Counter-Terrorism ==		== Counter-Terrorism ==

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−	The UK government department ~~dealing with~~ foreign ~~policy~~.	+	The '''Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office''' ('''FCDO''') is a UK government department. Equivalent to other countries' ministries of foreign affairs, it was created on 2 September 2020 through the merger of the '''Foreign & Commonwealth Office''' ('''FCO''') and the [[Department for International Development]] (DFID).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200720054953/https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi?SID=cGFnZWFjdGlvbj12aWV3dmFjYnlqb2JsaXN0JnVzZXJzZWFyY2hjb250ZXh0PTEwMzg3OTI0MSZzZWFyY2hfc2xpY2VfY3VycmVudD0xJmNzb3VyY2U9Y3Nxc2VhcmNoJm93bmVyPTUwNzAwMDAmcGFnZWNsYXNzPUpvYnMmam9ibGlzdF92aWV3X3ZhYz0xNjc5OTk0Jm93bmVydHlwZT1mYWlyJnJlcXNpZz0xNTk0OTg2Mjg2LWQ5Mzc3Mjc0NmE1NGYyZTJmZjRiOTcyNzcxZDAxNzQ2MDU2Zjk4ZmI= FCDO Board Non-executive Director] archive-date=20 July 2020</ref> The FCO, itself created in 1968 by the merger of the '''Foreign Office''' ('''FO''') and the [[Commonwealth Office]], was responsible for protecting and promoting British interests worldwide.
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 *[[Conflict, Stability and Security Fund]] - Funds extensive overt and covert British propaganda operations.
 *[[Counter-Daesh Coalition Communications Cell]]
 *[[Empire Marketing Board]]
 *[[Engaging with the Islamic World]] [[EIW]]