UK Foreign Office minister resigns over plans to slash aid budget

The UK Foreign Secretary is expected to make a parliament statement on Thursday setting out how the reduced aid budget will be used.

Liz Sugg has resigned as a Foreign Office minister after the foreign aid budget was cut Picture: Joe Giddens/PA

A UK Foreign Office minister has resigned in protest against the British Government’s decision to cut the overseas aid budget, branding the move “fundamentally wrong”.

UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced the aid budget will be cut to 0.5% of gross national income in 2021 – in spite of promises not to reduce it in the Conservative manifesto – adding the UK Government’s “intention” is to return it to 0.7% when the fiscal situation allows.