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Foreign aid minister quits over cuts to her budget in fresh blow for Starmer

Anneliese Dodds warns it will be impossible to continue supporting Gaza, Ukraine and Sudan



Anneliese Dodds, the UK's international development minister, has resigned over Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision to cut the foreign aid budget from 0.5% to 0.3% of GNI to fund a defense spending increase. Dodds argued the cuts would harm the UK's reputation and affect aid to regions like Gaza, Ukraine, and Sudan, drawing parallels to Trump's USAid cuts. Starmer aims to counter threats like Putin with the defense boost.

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