...pro-Brexit British prime minister, succeeding no-Brexit Theresa May. BoJo is noted as much for his sparkling personality and his hair as for his Conservative policies....announced Tuesday he is combining the Department for International Development with the Foreign Office, allowing foreign secretary Dominic Raab control of the new department.Johnson said the move was made to update the country's diplomacy and overseas development efforts, but critics claimed it will lead to Britannia turning its back on the world's poorest countries which it has given aid.
Johnson said the work on the merger will happen immediately, and the department will be called the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. He said he hopes the new office will be up and running by September.
"This is exactly the moment when we must mobilize every one of our national assets, including our aid budget and expertise, to safeguard British interests and values overseas," Johnson said in a statement.