Anneliese Dodds, the development minister in the Foreign Office, had resigned four days after learning she was to oversee a £6bn raid on the UK’s aid budget to pay for a historic defence spending increase.

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 boost annual defence spending,

Anneliese Dodds, UK minister for international development, has resigned from Keir Starmer’s government over the decision to cut foreign aid to fund higher defense spending.

Rachel Reeves has defended Sir Keir Starmer's decision to cut the foreign aid budget. It comes as international development minister Anneliese Dodds has resigned over the budget cuts. The chancellor said the decision to spend 2.