Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham take up their roles after a row over defence spending plagued Sir Keir Starmer’s final weeks at No 10, amid mounting public pressure for the government to prioritise Britain’s ailing military

Andy Burnham carried on where Sir Keir Starmer left off on defence spending today - by failing to pledge any additional funding.

The former defence secretary served in the Blair and Brown governments as well as the shadow cabinets of Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn.