Minister resigns over cut to international aid budget
Friday, 28 February 2025 International development minister Anneliese Dodds has quit her post over Sir Keir Starmer's decision to slash the overseas aid budget to pay for an increase in defence spending.
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announces that defence spending will increase to 2.5% of gross domestic product by 2027. To accomodate for this, Starmer says the foreign aid budget will be cut from 0.5% of gross national income to 0.3% by 2027; a change he says he is "not happy to make".
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Friday, 28 February 2025
International development minister Anneliese Dodds has quit her post over Sir Keir Starmer's decision to slash the overseas aid budget to pay for an increase in defence spending. 
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