The next prime minister will be confronted with a daunting in tray, but the Nato summit Keir Starmer will attend before he leaves No 10 underlines that no issue will be more important than national security.
The UK, alongside other alliance members, has rightly made ambitious pledges to boost defence spending, but the government lacks a full analysis of the threats the UK faces and – in one crucial respect – its actions risk putting our country in greater danger.
