Anneliese Dodds resigns over Keir Starmer’s decision to cut aid budget

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Anneliese 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 an increase in defence spending, warning it could enable Russia and China to further their global influence.

The senior Labour MP, who attended cabinet, predicted that the UK pulling back from development would bolster Moscow, which has already been aggressively increasing its presence worldwide, as well as encourage Beijing's attempts to rewrite global rules.