Downing Street and the Treasury remain cool on joining the bank, which will launch at the NATO summit next month

The transition period includes a high-stakes NATO summit. One key EU meeting has already been postponed.

The would-be Prime Minister has so far been vague on how he plans to keep the country safe and what he would do over the black hole in military funding.

A planned EU-UK summit to discuss the post-Brexit reset deal has also been postponed

Andy Burnham , who is almost certain to succeed Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, is said to want to decide himself on the vital multi-billion pound package.

Andy Burnham , who is almost certain to succeed Keir Starmer as Prime Minister, is said to want to decide himself on the vital multi-billion pound package.

The PM’s likely successor has not signed up to the Defence Investment Plan

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The delayed Defense Investment Plan has riven Starmer’s government — but his likely successor wants time to study the details.

Major decisions, including on defence spending, have been frozen after leadership challenger Andy Burnham met Prime Minister Keir Starmer to negotiate a transfer of power.

The likely next U.K. prime minister has chosen one of his oldest political allies in Westminster who helped him become an MP in 2001.

The outgoing PM is desperate to avoid being remembered as a lame duck in his final weeks in office, while his likely successor needs to make his mark early.

Downing Street and the Treasury remain cool on joining the bank, which will launch at the NATO summit next month

Supporters of Britain’s likely next prime minister are putting faith in longstanding friend James Purnell — hoping he will be the Goldilocks chief of staff: part bureaucrat, part…