{"id":248769,"date":"2025-02-28T12:25:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T12:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/minister-resigns-over-cut-to-international-aid-budget\/"},"modified":"2025-02-28T12:25:36","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T12:25:36","slug":"minister-resigns-over-cut-to-international-aid-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/28\/minister-resigns-over-cut-to-international-aid-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister resigns over cut to international aid budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/e3.365dm.com\/24\/12\/1920x1080\/skynews-annelise-dodds-international-development_6766349.jpg?20241204120701&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Minister resigns over cut to international aid budget\" title=\"Minister resigns over cut to international aid budget\" \/><\/div>\n<div data-component-name=\"ui-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>International development minister\u00a0Anneliese Dodds has quit her post over Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s decision to slash the overseas aid budget to pay for an increase in defence spending.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ms Dodds posted on X: &#8220;It is with sadness that I have had to tender my resignation as Minister for International Development and for Women and Equalities.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While I disagree with the ODA decision, I continue to support the government and its determination to deliver the change our country needs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Around \u00a36bn per year <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/what-foreign-aid-is-being-cut-how-much-was-being-spent-and-what-happens-next-13317652\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">will be taken out of the aid budget<\/a> <\/strong>and transferred over to pay for defence.<\/p>\n<p>That amounts to a reduction in aid spending from 0.5% of GDP to 0.3%.<\/p>\n<p><em>This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please refresh the page for the fullest version.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>You can receive breaking news alerts on a smartphone or tablet via the <a href=\"https:\/\/qrcode.skynews.com\/skynews\/appdownload\"><strong>Sky News app<\/strong><\/a>. <\/em><em><em>You can also <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va868Fv8vd1UsF99tP1u\"><em><strong>follow us on WhatsApp<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> and subscribe to our <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/skynews\"><em><strong>YouTube channel<\/strong><\/em><\/a><em> to keep up with the latest news.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/cabinet-minister-resigns-over-cut-to-international-aid-budget-13318635\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>International development minister\u00a0Anneliese Dodds has quit her post over Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s decision to slash the overseas aid budget to pay for an increase in defence spending.\u00a0 Ms Dodds posted on X: &#8220;It is with sadness that I have had to tender my resignation as Minister for International Development and for Women and Equalities. &#8220;While 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