This weekend, Sir Keir Starmer marks his first 100 days in 10 Downing Street – with the hope of better days to come. The Prime Minister is trying to put a rough first three months behind him with a shake-up of his Downing Street team and a series of events aimed at showing the government is focussed on its mission. One such event is the government’s investment summit which is due to take place on Monday. Labour promised to hold an investment summit in their first 100 days during the election campaign. The idea was that they could pitch the UK as a port of stability for investment, riding on a post-election high.
However, the mood music is rather more downbeat than they had hoped. This evening, Sky News reports that the event has been dealt a major blow after DP World, the ports and logistics giant, pulled a scheduled announcement of a £1 billion investment which was meant to be the centrepiece of the event.
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