Reducing the cost of our overseas embassies isn't about weakening our global presence; it's about making it more effective.

By streamlining operations and cutting unnecessary expenditure, we can free up vital resources.

A more efficient embassy network can then pivot its focus, using its unique position to actively support and promote British exporters.

This ensures that our diplomatic footprint directly serves the UK's economic interests, transforming our embassies from symbols of bureaucracy into engines of trade and prosperity.