{"id":17319,"date":"2020-06-16T08:41:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T08:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/?p=17319"},"modified":"2020-08-27T09:35:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T09:35:17","slug":"our-comment-on-merger-of-dfid-and-fco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2020\/06\/16\/our-comment-on-merger-of-dfid-and-fco\/","title":{"rendered":"Our comment on merger of DFiD and FCO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Commenting on today\u2019s&nbsp;announcement that the Department for International Development (DfID) and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) are to be merged into the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office,&nbsp;<strong>Reprieve\u2019s Deputy Director Dan Dolan<\/strong>, said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis merger will make it easier to siphon off aid spending to prop up foreign security partners, as maintaining these alliances will be prioritised over DfID\u2019s mandate to end extreme 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