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.

Anneliese Dodds has written to the Prime Minister to resign as international development minister and minister for women, saying she disagrees with the Government's decision to cut overseas aid.

Minister Anneliese Dodds has resigned from government over Sir Keir Starmer’s decision to slash the UK’s foreign aid budget. n her letter to the prime minister, reported by the Guardian, she wrote: “Undoubtedly the postwar global order has come crashing down.

"We've had free speech for a very long time in the UK and it will last a long time, and we are very proud of that".

Britain's Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, clashed with U.S. Vice President JD Vance over his remarks on free speech in Europe and the UK at the Munich Security Conference, at a meeting at the Oval Office on.

Keir Starmer clashes with JD Vance over free speech A tense moment in the Oval Office, as Keir Starmer hit back at Vice President JD Vance’s comments about restrictions to freedom of speech in the UK.