Former UK diplomats propose renaming the Foreign Office, currently FCDO, as Department for International Affairs or Global Affairs UK, and removing colonial-era paintings.

A new report by former UK diplomats recommends the Foreign Office be renamed to shed its 'elitist' and 'rooted in the past' identity. The report suggests the department, currently named the Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office (FCDO), should be renamed as the Department for International Affairs or Global Affairs UK. Additionally, it urges the removal of 'colonial-era' paintings from its walls as part of a major modernising rebrand.