- Outgoing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is pressing ahead with plans to publish the controversial Defence Investment Plan (Dip) in the coming weeks.
- The Dip is expected to be unveiled before the Nato summit in Ankara, which begins on 7 July, a deadline confirmed by Chancellor Rachel Reeves and Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy.
- Sir Keir will still be in office for the publication, as nominations for his successor are not due to open until after the summit.
- The plan has faced significant opposition, leading to the resignations of former defence secretary John Healey and armed forces minister Al Carns over concerns about its funding.
- Andy Burnham, currently the frontrunner for the Labour leadership contest, has called for the Dip to be delayed until he is in Downing Street, expressing a desire to review the plan himself, according to a report in The Times.
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