There are too many 'colonial era pictures on the wall' according to ex-mandarins

Ex-mandarins say 'colonial-era' paintings must go from Foreign Office. They recommend that the 'elitist' department is renamed. Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is too 'rooted in the past', they say. The current full title, the Foreign. Commonwealth and. Development Office, is currently the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Woke ex-civil servants brand Foreign Office 'elitist' and say there's too many 'colonial era pictures on the wall' The Foreign Office is 'anchored in the past' and needs to'modernise' its working environment, they say. Ex-employees say the Foreign Office needs to modernise its working environments.

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