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Cabinet split as Mahmood calls on Starmer to set out timetable to go

Wes Streeting, a potential leadership contender. Morris said the prime minister "no longer has the trust or confidence of the public". Melanie Ward, PPS to Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy, Naushabah Khan, PPS to Cabinet

'We need to move quickly,' says Labour MP seeking to challenge PM

Wes Streeting, former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham are thought to be the main potential challengers to Sir Keir's leadership. Burnham cannot enter a contest without first becoming

‘Hold the line’: Burnham tells allies in parliament he still has options to return

potential seats in St Helens and Warrington, but the MPs Charlotte Nichols and Marie Rimmer deny that was the case. “I don’t know how many different ways I can say this

Starmer holds brief meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis

Wes Streeting has held talks with Keir Starmer in Downing Street as an ally of the health secretary renewed calls for the prime minister to resign, saying his authority had “irretrievably ebbed away”. Streeting arrived

Wednesday briefing: How much longer can Keir Starmer cling to power?

candidate. “Even if Burnham managed to find someone in the next week or so, we’re still talking about two months before he could even be in contention,” says Kiran. “The game for [Andy Burnham

Stop plotting to oust Keir Starmer, ex-deputy Labour leader urges MPs

Wes Streeting locked in what one cabinet minister called a “Mexican standoff”, with no one ready to move first. Watson’s warning came [in a Substack post](https://tomwatsonofficial.substack.com/p/dont-reheat-the-curry-house-coup?r=krlm8&utm_medium=ios&triedRedirect=true) in which he recounted

‘It’s Andy or bust’: could Burnham’s return to parliament save Starmer?

candidate. A number of ministers also said they were keen to dissuade angry MPs from moving against Starmer too quickly in order to give Burnham time. “There are various plans circulating, none of them good

Henry Zeffman: PM puts himself back in the game for now

Wes Streeting, the health secretary. Streeting has been clear with the prime minister for months that he is ready for a leadership contest should one take place. But he has also been adamant that

Where does Starmer’s leadership stand – and who are his potential challengers?

potentially catastrophic results, though she has told friends she would not want to be the one to trigger any contest, and there has been some speculation that she does not yet have the numbers. ![Andy

A grim week for Starmer – but things could be about to get worse

potential for anything they would rather be talking about getting any attention. And yes, just days before those crucial elections to the Scottish and Welsh parliaments and to many English local authorities

Starmer warns leadership contest would 'plunge us into chaos' in pleas to ministers and MPs

Wes Streeting thought to be plotting a leadership challenge. Supporters of Streeting told the BBC they expected the health secretary to challenge Sir Keir for the Labour leadership as soon as Thursday. Streeting would need

Starmer to meet Streeting on Wednesday as leadership crisis divides Labour

Wes Streeting, one of his potential leadership challengers, on Wednesday morning, as his government faces an attempt by Labour MPs to oust him from the top job. The meeting comes after four ministers resigned, including

‘No other plan comes close’: Labour MPs turn to Burnham as pressure mounts on Starmer

Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner were buttering up [Labour](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/labour) MPs in the Strangers’ Bar in parliament as colleagues spoke of their “existential” fear about the crucial elections next week. Starmer, meanwhile, tried