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Senior managers of the Foreign Ministry in London face a large corner as part of the efficiency campaign that officials say can see a decrease in the total number of employees in the ministry by about five.

Many officials of the Financial Times said that Sir Robbins, the chief civilian employee in the administration, had asked employees to expect an “important” reduction in the number of employees as he seeks to focus resources on the external network.

Robbins, the former chief negotiator in Britain in Britain, decided to reduce a full range of management, which reduces the number of managers from only 50 to 30.

Meanwhile, some directors have been informed by re -submitting the application to obtain their own jobs, or their revised copies of their jobs, as their numbers are reduced from nine to seven.

Officials in Foreign office, Commonwealth and Development He said that Robbins told a meeting for all employees that there would be “large” discounts in the number of employees, as he is looking for efficiency savings in all fields.

One person said that this could be in the range of 15-25 percent, with the largest cuts at the highest levels. FCDO currently hires 17,000 employees in 281 offices worldwide, including its decorative Victorian headquarters on King Charles Street.

Some supporters of the plan said that the decrease in the number of FCDo managers has been late, saying that their numbers have bent in recent years and that the administration has failed to achieve efficiency savings when the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was combined with the Ministry of International Development in 2020.

FCDO, like other government departments, must make discounts of efficiency as part of a review of cross -spending. Robbins, who was appointed in this role in January, is conducting a comprehensive reform of the way the civil service operates.

The government will put its plans to spend on spending spending, which will conclude on June 11.

One of the FCDo officials said: “The first believes that there are many managers and directors in London, but this is part of a broader review,” said one of the FCDO officials. “The external network is not excluded, but we are looking at our strategic priorities.”

“I agree with Oli Robbins on this. FCDO needs more of the best people on the ground in this unpredictable world, and a thinner main office.

“This means canceling the process and unnecessary briefing wherever it is possible and pushing responsibility to low levels. More foreign and less office.

“But this should not be driven by budget discounts. It is not logical to spend heavily on defense and re -FCDO. The generals tell you, the army needs diplomats to prevent conflict and achieve political effects of military power.”

“In the face of more discounts in the real corridors budget, as well as previous aid discounts, it makes sense for FCDO to reduce the higher management in London to increase resources in embassies abroad,” said Sir Simon Fraser, another former standard on King Charles Street.

“In a dangerous world, the Foreign Minister was clear that we must reform the FCDO to ensure that the imprint of British diplomacy and development would be more open, more strategic and more technician, in order to provide the maximum security and growth of the British people.”