17 h. ago Labour MPs warn aid budget cuts could allow greater role for Russia and China

Concerns were raised during a Commons debate despite a welcome for the move to increase defence spending.

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36 h. ago MPs write to Starmer about ‘deep concern’ over aid budget cut

Sarah Champion, chairwoman of the International Development Committee, said the ‘brutal’ cut to funds ‘risks undermining our soft power’.

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36 h. ago Starmer faces growing concerns from MPs over ‘brutal’ cuts to foreign aid budget

Sir Keir Starmer is facing increasing pressure from MPs over his decision to cut the overseas aid budget to fund an increase in defence spending

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61 h. ago Keir Starmer faces growing pressure from senior Labour MPs over his decision to cut the overseas aid budget to fund increase in defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP

Labour MPs lined up to criticise the move in the Commons on Monday, with Barry Gardiner warning it would lead to more 'more people being slain by famine, drought, disaster and war'.

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67 h. ago Starmer faces pressure from senior Labour MPs over cuts to overseas aid budget

Labour former minister Barry Gardiner argued the cuts will lead to more deaths.

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2 d. ago Mary's Meals warns cuts to international aid budget 'happening at the worst possible moment'

The Argyll-based charity said Keir Starmer's decision to cut the aid budget would "undoubtedly have a devastating impact on the communities we serve".

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4 d. ago ‘This will cost lives’: cuts to UK aid budget condemned as ‘betrayal’ by international development groups

Widespread alarm at Keir Starmer’s decision to slash funds, amid warnings of dire consequences for world’s poorestKeir Starmer promised at the UN last September that the UK would “be a leading contributor to development”. Just five months later few expected an announcement that could result in UK aid spending falling to its lowest level this century.Overseas development aid will fall from 0.5% of the UK’s gross national income to 0.3% – a cut of about £6bn – in order to pay for increased defence spending. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Keir Starmer faces backbench rebellion over ‘shortsighted’ cuts to aid budget

MPs ask ‘what will be left of Labour programme?’ amid calls for rethink and plan to speak out against decisionLabour MP Emily Darlington: ‘International aid is as vital as defence spending – cutting either undermines British security’Keir Starmer is facing a backbench revolt by Labour MPs this week as anger mounts over the government’s decision to cut the international development budget by almost half in order to pay for an increase in defence spending.The Labour chair of the all-party select committee on international development, Sarah Champion, who has already called on the government to rethink the decision, has secured a debate in the Commons on Wednesday at which dozens of Labour backbenchers are considering intervening to express their dismay. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Why women and children will die because of 'hard man' Keir Starmer's aid budget cut

By taking life-saving funds from the world’s most vulnerable women and children, Keir Starmer has abandoned Labour’s principles and the party’s recent manifesto pledge

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5 d. ago Government must reassure Foreign Office staff after aid cuts, says SNP MP

Chris Law was speaking following the resignation of development minister Anneliese Dodds over the decision to cut the aid budget.

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5 d. ago Keir Starmer loses fourth minister in a year in row over move to cut foreign aid budget

Former Conservative deputy foreign secretary Andrew Mitchell praises Labour MP as a ‘politician of decency and principle’

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5 d. ago 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

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5 d. 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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5 d. ago Anneliese Dodds quits as international development minister over aid budget cut

Scottish Labour MP quits ‘with sadness’ following move to raid aid budget to increase defence spending

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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. 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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6 d. ago Foreign aid budget cut will cost lives, warns Labour former first minister

Lord Jack McConnell has urged Number 10 to rethink the decision.

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7 d. ago Aid cut will have ‘devastating impact’ on world’s poorest, church leaders warn

The Prime Minister recently announced the foreign aid budget will be cut in order to fund an increase in defence spending.

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7 d. ago Donald Trump's decisions could see mystery deadly Congo virus 'take over the US'

Cuts to the US foreign aid budget could leave the country at risk of new diseases due to a lack of information from local sources, an expert has warned, as Trump and Musk take the axe to USAID contracts

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