The Huffington Post
Wes Streeting leaves 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Wes Streeting is set to resign from cabinet and challenge Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership. The health secretary is expected to quit on Thursday, triggering a fresh crisis for the prime minister. Allies of Streeting said he has enough support from Labour MPs to launch a leadership campaign. It comes after showdown talks between Streeting and Starmer lasted barely 15 minutes in Downing Street on Wednesday morning. More than 80 Labour MPs – many of them Streeting supporters – have so far publicly called on the PM to quit in the wake of the party’s drubbing in last week’s elections. Four ministers have also resigned, including junior health minister Zubir Ahmed, who is a former aide to Streeting. The health secretary has made no public comments since Starmer told his cabinet rivals to put up or shut up at their weekly meeting on Tuesday amid mounting speculation he was set to face a leadership challenge. Starmer said: “The country expects us to get on with governing. That is what I am doing and what we must do as a cabinet.” Subscribe to Commons People , the podcast that makes politics easy. Every week, Kevin Schofield and Kate Nicholson unpack the week’s biggest stories to keep you informed. Join us for straightforward analysis of what’s going on at Westminster. Related... Junior Minister Who Quit Over Starmer Calls On Cabinet To Speak Out Against PM All Of The Ministerial Resignations So Far As Calls For Starmer To Quit Grow Fleeting Streeting: Health Secretary's Showdown With PM Lasts Barely 15 Minutes
Go to News Site