• icerunner_origin@startrek.website
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    9 days ago

    David Lammy is facing possible legal action over a plan to invite staff from the oil firm Shell and the defence firm BAE Systems to work inside the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

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    The scheme, which was first mooted by Lammy in March, is supposed to embed FCDO staff in firms to gain commercial experience while inviting private-sector staff to take placements in government.

  • oeuf@slrpnk.net
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    9 days ago

    “Why wait until you leave office to openly work for us? Now you can do it straight away!”