Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office spent minimum of £24.7 million on merger in 2020-21 to 2022-23, excluding indirect costs.
Successes include bringing merger back on track by scaling back original plans, delivering key programmes, and building on former departments’ strengths.
Further work needed on overseas allowances and IT, culture change, and sustaining international development capability.
Integrated approach has achieved some benefits, but FCDO has not systematically tracked them.
If it’s a Saturday, it must be a Gaza linked protest and sure enough, after local gatherings last week we were back to a major national protest. The meeting point was Hyde Park Corner and, as thousands assembled, accompanied by Charlotte Church, those of us who observe these events wondered what would grab the headlines.
Royal Marines powered along the River Thames to deliver a barrel of port to the Tower of London as part of an historic Ceremony of the Dues marking the Corps’ 360th anniversary.
Three raiding craft made the short journey from HMS President, under Tower Bridge to the Tower of London carrying their ‘Dues’ (the barrel of port) for the Constable of the Tower – fittingly, retired senior Royal Marine, General Sir Gordon Messenger.
Industry 4.0 has been a bedrock of innovation for at least the last decade. Now, as generative AI, advanced Machine Learning, and modeling algorithms become more accessible with “off-the-shelf” technologies, questions are being raised about the value – and risks – artificial intelligence might bring to the sector.
Antoinette Hodes, Global Solutions Architect and Evangelist, Check Point Software
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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