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To: The UK Government
Stop the Government merging DFID with FCO
Stop the Prime Minister's plans to merge the Department for International Development with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Why is this important?
It is important to separate aid to developing countries from diplomatic presence within them. Without separation, aid becomes a carrot to persuade developing countries to accept economic proposals which benefit the donor country. Aid is altruism, it is not commercial pressure. Merging the DFID and the FCO would be a return to colonialism.
