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Will Starmer go – and if so, how? Four scenarios in the battle for No 10

Street will let Burnham stand, and if it does, whether he would win. If that does not happen for any reason, then there could be an impasse. Wes

Andy Burnham vows to ‘change Labour’ in direct challenge to Keir Starmer

Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting), who said over the weekend that the UK should seek

UK PM Starmer set to meet rival Streeting amid pledge to carry on governing

Wes Streeting, the health secretary. Starmer has so far defied calls to [quit](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/11/uk-pm-keir-starmer-vows-stronger-performance-as-calls-for-resignation-grow) from

Labour winds are blowing towards Burnham – and Streeting knows it

Wes Streeting’s resignation letter, a cadence so similar to Burnham’s own that it cannot

Healey quits as defence secretary in row over military spending

Wes Streeting quit as health secretary](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkpr6y3266o) having "lost confidence" in the PM's leadership

How Rayner, Streeting and Burnham weakened PM in 12 hours of political drama

Wes Streeting was in Parliament with his closest advisers mulling whether he should quit the cabinet

MPs from Labour’s left to urge Ed Miliband to consider leadership bid

Wes Streeting might be considering a move next week, although this has been vehemently denied

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

Wes [Streeting] [is compromised](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/feb/09/streeting-wrote-off-his-re-election-chances-in-whatsapp-exchanges-with-mandelson). Angela [Rayner] [has HMRC issues](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/sep/05/angela-rayner-stands-down-over-stamp-duty-row).

Starmer can survive a leadership challenge, says attorney general

Wes Streeting and a handful of junior ministers [quit the government in the aftermath](https://www.bbc.co.uk

Rich already being taxed properly, says minister, as Streeting calls for ‘wealth tax that works’– UK politics live

Wes Streeting** has given an interview to the BBC’s Nick Robinson for his Political

Armed forces minister quits after Healey exit as defence funding row deepens

Wes Streeting quit as health secretary](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgkpr6y3266o) having "lost confidence" in the PM's leadership

Future of the NHS, saviour of the high street? High hopes for health hub in a Barnsley shopping centre

Wes Streeting, the health secretary, described it as “really inspiring”. He said: “What we’re seeing

Cabinet ministers warn mutinous MPs over ousting Keir Starmer

Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham – despite not being eligible – seen as [likely successors](https://www.theguardian.com

Ministers have no authority to withhold Mandelson vetting file, committee says

Wes Streeting, also faces questions over his proximity to Mandelson, whom some have described as his mentor

Analysis: Andy Burnham's route back to the Commons is clearer - but one big hurdle remains

Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner should all be key players in our team," she is expected

Labour MPs say ‘endless drama’ of leadership speculation must stop

Wes Streeting, are seen as not yet about to act. Within the vacuum of what

Senior civil servants to get bonuses for first time to reward ‘doers, not talkers’

rivals, including Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham, on civil service reform are not yet known.

Another crunch moment for Starmer as he pleads with Labour MPs not to topple him

Wes Streeting, in particular, faces a massive call in the next couple of days. He has said

Chris Mason: Starmer defiant after defence spending row

Wes Streeting, another prime ministerial wannabe, was keeping an eye on our interview too. He said

Mother of boy who may have died in TikTok challenge urges No 10 to ban social media

Wes Streeting, who [compared social media to tobacco in a Guardian interview on Monday](https://www.theguardian.com