DfiD merger will ‘severely impact’ UK’s status, concludes cross-party inquiry

Commons committee chair warns of ‘damage beyond repair’ over abolition of overseas aid department

A cross-party committee of MPs has said Boris Johnson’s “rushed and impulsive” merger of the Foreign Office and Department for International Development will “severely impact the UK’s superpower status”.

Attacking the prime minister’s decision as “coming out of the blue”, a report published on Thursday from the Commons international development committee (IDC) said it was likely it would be disruptive and “incredibly costly”.

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