Institute for Government says morale low, expertise on Russia lacking, and merger with DfID has not worked
The Foreign Office has not regained its footing under the leadership of the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, staff morale is low, not enough employees are posted abroad, and there is an unsustainable lack of expertise on Russia, a report by the independent thinktank Institute for Government has found.
It also finds the merger between the Department for International Development (DfID) and the Foreign Office remains incomplete, and relations with other Whitehall departments are strained.
