With the UK set to get a new prime minister on Monday, the Farnborough International Airshow is opening in a political vacuum, raising widespread uncertainty across the country’s aerospace and defense sectors. Concern over potential changes to government policy will likely continue beyond this week, with further procrastination over key policies, such as how increases in military spending will be funded, being among the major headaches.
As things stand, it is unclear when or if Andy Burnham—Keir Starmer’s replacement in No. 10 Downing Street—will visit the Farnborough show this week as he forms a new administration, although some changes to the event’s schedule suggest he might make an appearance on Wednesday. Since the first staging of the event in September 1948, prime ministers have usually visited the industry’s marquee gathering.
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