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Reeves says ‘if economy ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ - as fight to keep her job goes on

Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/13/wes-streeting-prepares-to-launch-leadership-challenge-against-keir-starmer) and [Angela Rayner](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/angela-rayner-cleared-hmrc-tax-affairs-labour-leadership-starmer) prepare leadership bids, the undertone

Hedge fund proposes £1bn buyout of UK’s biggest private hospital operator

Wes Streeting, the health secretary, has [defended the growing use of the private sector](https://www.theguardian.com

Labour’s Angela Rayner says she has been cleared over UK tax affairs

Wes Streeting was preparing to resign on Thursday to run for the top job. The prospect

What next for Starmer? Five scenarios in Labour leadership crisis

Wes Streeting has also resigned as health secretary, saying he wanted a "broad" debate about

Pressure mounts on embattled UK PM Keir Starmer as rivals circle

Wes Streeting, a key Starmer rival who [announced his resignation](/news/2026/5/14/uk-health-secretary-wes-streeting-resigns-from-government) as health secretary on Thursday

UK borrowing costs rise and pound falls as leadership drama continues

Wes Streeting's resignation did not have the same negative effect on the pound," she said

Andy Burnham will push to become PM before Labour conference, allies say

Wes Streeting, who resigned as health secretary this week but stopped short of challenging Starmer

Andy Burnham says he will not try to return UK to EU

Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/17/culture-secretary-lisa-nandy-says-wes-streeting-rejoin-eu-call-odd) said the UK should rejoin the EU, his first big intervention

Burnham cleared to run for selection in pivotal by-election

Wes Streeting has been seen as a potential leadership candidate and speculation that he would

Andy Burnham faces perilous race to win Makerfield byelection, allies say

Wes Streeting. Streeting said on Saturday that he believed Britain’s long-term future lay in rejoining

In Britain, Brexit is debated again as Starmer’s grip on power slips

Wes Streeting, the former health secretary and now would-be contender in a possible leadership

UK ex-health minister says will run to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Wes Streeting, the former British health secretary who resigned from the government this week, says

PM insists he will not walk away as Burnham promises to change Labour

Wes Streeting, Burnham's potential leadership rival, told a conference that the "biggest economic opportunity

John Healey says Labour infighting puts government’s credibility at risk

Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) and even the junior defence minister Al Carns. Arguing that

No ‘tailor-made’ deal for UK if it wants to rejoin bloc, say former EU Brexit officials

Wes Streeting argued over the weekend that the UK should rejoin the EU in the future

Andy Burnham to face Reform’s Robert Kenyon in crucial Makerfield byelection

Wes Streeting, another expected leadership rival, resigned as health secretary. The prime minister later used

Racist abuse of NHS nurses rising amid ‘normalisation’ of extreme views, RCN warns

Wes Streeting [warned last November](https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/04/nhs-staff-face-ugly-racism-akin-to-the-70s-and-80s-says-wes-streeting) that NHS personnel were bearing the brunt

Peter Mandelson scandal: the key questions that remain unanswered

Wes Streeting, who resigned as health secretary last week, also faces questions over his proximity

Chris Mason: Inside the shadow contest to be our next prime minister

Wes Streeting, does not. It means there is an asymmetry to the audiences they are currently

Starmer says he will campaign for Burnham in Makerfield

Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary, criticising his government's "drift". The revolt against Sir Keir