He praised Ms Dodds’ decision to resign, telling the Independent: “Anneliese has done the right thing: Labour’s disgraceful and cynical actions demean the Labour Party ‘s reputation as they balance the books on the backs of the poorest people in the world .
Minister Anneliese Dodds has dramatically resigned from the government over Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the UK’s foreign aid budget.
In her letter to the prime minister, reported by the Guardian, she wrote: “The cut will also likely lead to a UK pullout from numerous African, Caribbean and western Balkan nations at a time when Russia has been aggressively increasing its global presence.”.
Earlier this week a former deputy foreign secretary warned Russia and China would benefit from the plans to slash the foreign aid budget.
In an article for the Independent he also suggested Labour had turned its back on its own principles, pointing out that Sir Keir argued against reductions to the overseas aid budget under the Conservatives.
