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Who is Wes Streeting, UK health secretary who has resigned to challenge Keir Starmer?

UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting has resigned and emerged as a potential challenger to Prime Minister Keir Starmer amid growing turmoil inside Labour. From his upbringing in poverty to his rise as a reformist politician, Streeting’s political journey, NHS reforms and leadership ambitions are now under the lens

‘I will not quit’: Starmer makes a last stand as Labour revolt swells to 81 MPs, 1 minister

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is digging in as a revolt within the Labour Party spreads to 81 MPs and a minister. With Health Secretary Wes Streeting and former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner appearing to steer the rebellion with an eye on Number 10, Starmer has dared them to make the first move by refusing to quit even as up to four ministers have reportedly told him to step down.

‘You, Prime Minister, have lost the trust’: UK minister resigns, urges Starmer to ‘do the right thing’ and quit

Miatta Fahnbulleh, a minister in Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government, has resigned while openly questioning his leadership and calling for an “orderly transition” in the Labour Party.

Who could replace UK’s Keir Starmer as calls for resignations grow?

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing mounting calls to resign after Labour’s crushing local election losses exposed internal unrest. With MPs, Cabinet figures and party aides questioning his leadership, attention has shifted to possible successors, including Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, ex-Deputy PM Angela Rayner, and Health Secretary Wes Streeting

UK's Keir Starmer vows to remain PM after disastrous local elections humiliate his Labour Party

Keir Starmer vowed Friday to remain as Britain's prime minister after disastrous local elections saw his centre-left Labour party humiliated across the UK, with disillusioned voters backing hard-right and nationalist parties.

In UK local elections, PM Starmer’s Labour suffers huge losses amid Reform UK surge

In British local elections, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer's Labour Party has so far lost hundreds of seats in a wave of far-right Reform UK. As per the latest tally, Labour has lost 204 seats, and Reform has gained 275.

Counting begins in England, Scotland and Wales polls as Starmer's Labour faces its toughest challenge

Polls closed across England, Scotland and Wales late Thursday, with beleaguered Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his Conservative rivals both braced for heavy losses as voters swerve to hard-right and left-wing populists.

UK PM Starmer sacks Foreign Office Chief Olly Robbins over Mandelson vetting scandal

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday sacked the country's top civil servant in the Foreign Office over the Mandelson vetting scandal as he himself faces pressure to resign.

How Keir Starmer lived to see another day as UK PM in Labour’s biggest crisis yet

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has weathered mounting pressure over the Peter Mandelson-Jeffrey Epstein controversy, senior resignations, and internal Labour dissent. Backed by key ministers, Starmer has refused to quit, buying time as investigations, elections and political tests loom for his fragile government

Epstein files: Who is Morgan McSweeney, UK PM Starmer’s right-hand man, who has quit?

Morgan McSweeney, Keir Starmer’s powerful chief of staff and key architect of Labour’s 2024 election victory, resigned after taking responsibility for advising the appointment of Peter Mandelson as US ambassador. His exit follows explosive Epstein-linked revelations that have plunged Starmer’s government into its biggest crisis yet