Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham are clashing over defence as the outgoing Prime Minister desperately tries to finalise spending plans before a NATO summit.
Mr Burnham, who is on track to succeed Sir Keir as Labour premier as early as July 17, is said to want to decide himself on the vital multi-billion pound package.
But Downing Street and Chancellor Rachel Reeves are still adamant that the Defence Investment Plan will be resolved in time for a NATO gathering in Turkey on July 7.
That will almost certainly be Sir Keir’s last face-to-face encounter with Donald Trump as PM, and turning up effectively empty-handed would be
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