Sir Keir Starmer has arrived in Washington DC for his first NATO summit as prime minister. He will call on allies to raise defence spending - but was accused of 'playing with fire' by delaying the UK's decision on reaching spending of 2.5% of GDP.
After the Conservative Party lost the general election, Rishi Sunak announced he would resign as leader 'once the formal arrangements for selecting my successor are in place'.So how could the next leader be selected?1922 committeeThe body that governs Tory party leadership races is their backbench committee of MPs, the 1922 Committee.Last night, Tory MPs elected a new chair - Bob Blackman.
That would mean an interim leader would have to be chosen .Will the party members have a say?There is a broad consensus among Tory MPs that members should get a vote on who the new party leader should be.Short vs longSome Tories have proposed the contest should be short, so the new leader can be in place to challenge the Labour government as soon as possible - particularly when they present their first budget in the autumn.
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