International development minister Anneliese Dodds resigns over cut to international aid budget
- Anneliese Dodds resigned as Britain's international development minister due to Prime Minister Keir Starmer's cuts to the foreign aid budget, aiming to increase defense spending.
- Starmer's decision lowers the overseas development budget from 0.5% to 0.3% of GDP.
- Humanitarian charities expressed being 'stunned' and 'appalled' over the cuts, fearing negative impacts on the UK's global influence.
- In her resignation letter, Dodds emphasized that these cuts would 'remove food and healthcare from desperate people' and harm the UK's reputation.
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