Starmer must stop cruel aid cuts
Keir Starmer should listen to his resigning International Development Minister, Anneliese Dodds, and reverse his cruel cuts to cuts to foreign aid, says Scottish Green Co-leader Patrick Harvie.
Ms Dodds has called for any extra military spending to be funded by fair taxation, rather than through cutting life-saving aid for some of the most marginalised people in our world.
Mr Harvie said:
“I commend Anneliese Dodd’s decision to resign from her role in protest of this shameful decision. The stakes are high and there are people who will die as a result of these cuts.
“I hope that Keir Starmer will listen to her and to the many aid organisations who have condemned these cuts.
“Instead of being a friend to people and nations destroyed by famine and war, the Prime Minister is following in the footsteps of Donald Trump while showing a total disregard for people in need of support.
“These cuts will take support away from some of the world’s most marginalised people. It is a cynical and cruel decision that completely undermines any claims that the UK government has to be a force for good on the world stage.”