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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gavin Cordon

Labour will ‘retool’ Foreign Office to make it fit for future, says Lammy

PA Wire

A Labour government will “retool” Britain’s foreign policy apparatus to help rebuild prosperity with a focus on the priorities of working people in the UK, shadow foreign secretary David Lammy will say.

Mr Lammy will say that under the Conservatives, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has been left without the economic and industrial expertise it needs to deal with the challenges of a modern global economy.

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