FCDO leads the United Kingdom’s work to end extreme poverty. We are tackling the global challenges of our time including poverty and disease, mass migration, insecurity and conflict. Our work is building a safer, healthier, more prosperous world for people in developing countries and in the United Kingdom too.

FCDO's priorities are to strengthen global peace, security and governance, strengthen resilience and response to a crisis, promote global prosperity tackle extreme poverty and help the world’s most vulnerable, and deliver value for money.