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UK development minister quits over PM Starmer's cut to aid budget

Published by Global Banking and Finance Review

Posted on February 28, 2025

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LONDON (Reuters) - British international development minister Anneliese Dodds resigned on Friday over Prime Minister Keir Starmer's decision to slash the foreign aid budget in order to boost defence spending.

Starmer on Tuesday announced he would increase annual defence spending, in a signal to U.S. President Donald Trump that Britain could boost Europe's security.

The increase would be funded by cutting the overseas development budget from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3%.

Humanitarian charities said they were "stunned" and "appalled" by the decision, warning it would damage UK influence and have a devastating impact on those they support.

(Reporting by Catarina Demony; writing by Sachin Ravikumar, editing by William James)

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