12 m. ago Blow for Keir Starmer as senior Labour minister quits over aid cut to fund defence

Anneliese Dodds said she knew there were no “easy paths” to increase defence spending

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30 m. ago Dodds quits as international development minister over aid cut to fund defence

Anneliese Dodds warned that the move would affect the UK’s support for Gaza, Sudan and Ukraine.

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36 m. ago Minister Anneliese Dodds resigns from Government over Keir Starmer's cuts to foreign aid budget

The former chair of the Labour Party said she has resigned as international development minister

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52 m. ago Government departures during first year of prime ministers’ time in office

Rishi Sunak lost eight members of his government during his first 12 months as prime minister.

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66 m. ago Anneliese Dodds resigns from Government over Keir Starmer's cuts to foreign aid budget

Anneliese Dodds has quit as international development minister over Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the international aid budget to increase defence spending.

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67 m. ago Minister Anneliese Dodds resigns over Starmer move to cut foreign aid budget

Minister Anneliese Dodds has dramatically resigned from the government over Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the UK’s foreign aid budget.

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70 m. ago Cabinet minister QUITS over Keir Starmer slashing billions of pounds from aid budget to boost defence spending

Development minister Anneliese Dodds has resigned warning that the reduction will only increase the influence of Russia and China.

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70 m. ago Prince Harry appears to take a swipe at Trump, Musk and MAGA hours after Starmer handed President invite for unprecedented second state visit to UK

The Duke of Sussex made a surprise appearance at the Upfront Summit in Los Angeles shortly after Keir Starmer's critical meeting with the US president.

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75 m. ago Anneliese Dodds quits cabinet over aid cut in blow to Keir Starmer

Anneliese Dodds walked out as international development minister following the decision to slash the aid budget in order to fund an increase in defence spending

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85 m. ago Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget

Exclusive: International development minister warns it will be ‘impossible’ to retain funding in Gaza, Sudan and UkraineAnneliese Dodds: soft left intellectual pushed to resign over Starmer’s slide rightUK politics live – latest updatesAnneliese Dodds, the international development minister, has quit her post over Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the international aid budget by almost half to pay for a generational increase in defence spending.The senior Labour MP, who attended cabinet, warned that the UK pulling back from development would bolster Russia, which has already been aggressively increasing its presence worldwide, as well as encouraging China’s attempts to rewrite global rules. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Wes Streeting confronted with old tweets opposing ‘sad, odious’ Trump’s last state visit

Wes Streeting was confronted with old tweets he made opposing Donald Trump’s last state visit, after Keir Starmer yesterday (27 February) presented the US president with a royal invitation for a second UK visit.

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3 h. ago Starmer’s Trump meeting ‘spectacular success’, says Streeting, as Tories dismiss president’s backing for Chagos deal – UK politics live

Health secretary hails talks over defence, security and trade as Badenoch says her party will continue to oppose Chagos dealWes Streeting, the health secretary, was doing an interview round this morning to promote an announcement about a new contract for GPs in England. He claims it will end the “8am scramble” for GP appointments.Explaining how this would work, the Department of Health and Social Care says in its news release:The new deal agreed yesterday (February 27) between the government and British Medical Association (BMA) will free up doctors from red tape and box-ticking targets to concentrate on what they do best – treating patients.The new agreed contract will modernise general practice by requiring GP surgeries to allow patients to request appointments online throughout working hours from October, freeing up the phones for those who need them most, and making it easier for practices to triage patients based on medical need. The reforms are part of the government’s Plan fo...

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3 h. ago There will ‘of course’ be people protesting over Trump visit, Streeting says

The King has invited Mr Trump to make a second state visit to the UK, an unprecedented gesture towards an American leader.

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3 h. ago Voices: Starmer had his best day as PM – that doesn’t mean he can trust Trump

Hand-delivering a red-sealed note from King Charles was an undeniable masterstroke of British soft power, says Jon Sopel – but in playing his royal Trump card, Keir Starmer must not believe he has done all he must do to win over the US president for good, says Jon Sopel

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3 h. ago Labour overtakes Reform after Starmer’s defence spending boost, latest poll reveals

Labour retakes the lead in weekly tracker poll during a crucial week form Keir Starmer

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3 h. ago Donald Trump has his lips read as he makes odd 'wife' comment to Keir Starmer

Donald Trump accepted the offer of an unprecedented second State visit to Britain on Thursday during a White House love-in with the PM, but a lip reader has revealed what he said to Sir Keir when he arrived

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer's tactic of sucking up to Trump paid off handsomely... after an unlikely Labour stand

Keir Starmer was in buoyant mood as he arrived at Washington's Andrews Air Base last night to fly home from a crunch trip to the White House which had gone far better than feared.

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer, Trump Charmer... Behind the scenes of PM's surprise 'bromance' with US president after they bonded over his 'impressive' wife and 'beautiful' accent

Images released by Downing Street give a glimpse of the interactions between the two leaders during their first talks at the White House .

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4 h. ago Keir Starmer warns Putin will 'go again' in Ukraine without proper deterrent after Trump talks

The US President has resisted calls to fully commit American troops to peacekeeping efforts in Ukraine

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4 h. ago ‘Tea with a side of flattery’: what US papers say about Starmer’s meeting with Trump

The get-together between the UK prime minister and US president barely made a splash across the AtlanticA quick scan of the UK newspaper front pages and you would be forgiven for thinking it was the diplomatic moment of the century, but a glance at the media on the other side of the Atlantic suggests Keir Starmer and Donald Trump’s get-together barely made a splash.Instead, much of the scant coverage portrayed the prime minister as a messenger, bringing an invite for something much more glamorous than a former lawyer from Oxted: the royal red carpet. Continue reading...

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