'The climate crisis is the biggest security threat of them all': Anneliese Dodds quits government over aid budget cuts

Michael Holder
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Anneliese Dodds steps down as Minister for International Development and Women and Equalities over plan to raid UK aid budget to boost defence spending

Anneliese Dodds has today quit the Cabinet over plans to raid the international aid budget to boost defence spending, warning in her resignation letter the decision risks damaging the UK's interests and...

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