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The United Kingdom’s foreign office confirmed early Wednesday that James Roscoe, who served as deputy head of mission at the British embassy in Washington, has departed from his role.<\/p>

Roscoe held the position of deputy ambassador to the United States before leaving his post, according to the announcement from Britain’s foreign ministry.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The British government has confirmed that James Roscoe, who served as deputy head of mission at the UK embassy in Washington, has stepped down from his position. The foreign office announced his departure early Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":69155,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/news-1779236547373.png?fit=1920%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-hZq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54241,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/british-deputy-pm-backs-starmer-amid-ambassador-scandal\/","url_meta":{"origin":69156,"position":0},"title":"British Deputy PM Backs Starmer Amid Ambassador Scandal","author":"Admin","date":"April 18, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Britain's Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy is standing by PM Keir Starmer as controversy swirls around the appointment and dismissal of Peter Mandelson as U.S. ambassador. 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