I think once we're independent we should get to keep parts of the empire. I'm thinking Barbados or perhaps or the Maldives. Some sort of job swap programme perhaps?
you can keep Birmingham, it's almost as trampy as Scotland so you wont even know it's there and they also have a silly accent.
It's pot luck. You could be sent to Antigua to work as a rum tester or sent to Kiribati to dig for phosphate. It all depends on your usefulness to society. I'll probably end up running a consulate on Jamaica. ER will be digging burial ditches in Lesotho.