Reeves in the Commons:
“I am confident that the new defence investment plan will be published before the Nato Ankara summit. It will involve more money spent more effectively and will meet the scale of challenges facing our country.”
That means just before Burnham’s entry to Downing Street. Team Andy is furious…
One Burnham MP outrider said:
“It has to be up to Andy Burnham. Keir can’t make a major decision, and what’s going to happen with the Treasury when Rachel is under pressure to keep her job?”
Salting the earth…
Krishnan Guru-Murthy asked John Healey: “Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?”
The Chancellor replied: “I’m older than Andy Burnham. I don’t expect to see that.”