Exclusive: Ed Miliband now widely expected to get the foreign secretary job as Labour sources tell The Independent that Team Burnham have been discussing major reform of the FCDO and a ‘roadmap’ back to spending 0.7 per cent of GDP on overseas aid

“Everything is a fight” with the U.K. energy secretary, says one official. Miliband is about to find out if he can battle his way into a bigger Cabinet job.

Speculation is mounting that Shabana Mahmood will get the nod for the key role of Chancellor - with Ed Miliband having to settle for becoming Foreign Secretary .