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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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