Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy has blasted Tory ministers for creating a “toxic environment” at the Foreign Office that has contributed to it “losing its way”.
The Labour frontbencher took aim at the Government in a pamphlet, which he launched today and is to be published by the Fabian Society, setting out his plans to reform the department if the party gets into power.
In a dig at former Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who faces a bullying probe over his time in the role, Mr Lammy wrote: “The Foreign Office was once the Rolls-Royce of Whitehall, envied and admired by our allies and partners.