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Starmer loyalist warns against ‘copying Tories’ but admits PM is unpopular

Wes Streeting [resigned as health secretary](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/14/wes-streeting-resignation-letter-what-he-said-and-what-he-meant), while the former deputy prime minister

Starmer ally admits prime minister is ‘unpopular’ but warns of ‘chaos’ if leadership contest triggered – UK politics live

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Starmer tells cabinet he will not quit without leadership challenge

Wes Streeting, to launch a challenge against him, Starmer said he intended to get on with

Labour MP in seat eyed by Burnham allies says she will not stand aside

Wes Streeting have also begun calling for the prime minister to go and oversee a “swift

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

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

UK borrowing costs hit highest for 18 years as uncertainty over PM continues

Wes Streeting - would "probably raise public spending". Anna Macdonald, investment strategy director at Hargreaves Lansdown

More than 100 Labour MPs sign statement against Starmer leadership challenge

Wes Streeting, to launch a challenge against him, told ministers that he intended to get on with

The potential challengers to Keir Starmer

Wes Streeting has been health secretary since Labour came to power in 2024 and shadowed

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

Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) expected to start an accelerated process this week. “It’s a big shit

Stop the anonymous briefings and show respect, two ministers tell Labour MPs

Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham. Cooper began by saying she had spent the weekend meeting

Starmer hopes to regain momentum with unveiling of dozens of bills in king’s speech

Wes Streeting, the health secretary and a likely rival to Starmer, will oversee a bill

Three-quarters of UK millionaires would be happy to pay more tax, research finds

Wes Streeting have included a rise in capital gains tax to pay for a 2p cut in national

Josh Simons stood down for Burnham as Labour was 'imploding'

Wes Streeting resigned from the government, signalling a future intentions to challenge Starmer on the same

Andy Burnham to make bid to return to Commons as pressure mounts on Starmer

Wes Streeting resigned as health secretary saying he had lost confidence in Sir Keir Starmer

Saturday Night Live UK met a sceptical crowd - but has it won them over?

Wes Streeting, Andy Burnham, Angela Rayner and Liz Truss. The news section, Weekend Update, was also

Personal decision for Starmer on whether to fight leadership contest, minister says

Wes Streeting, [who has confirmed he would stand in any future leadership race](https://www.bbc.co.uk

Pound heads for worst week in 18 months as Burnham lines up Labour bid

Wes Streeting’s resignation did not have the same negative effect,” Brooks added. UK government

The race to replace Starmer is on - but he still faces a momentous choice

Wes Streeting's team says "Yes". Team Starmer says "No way". But it's become

Potential leadership challengers jostle for positions as PM's allies warn of 'chaos'

Wes Streeting who expect his challenge to Sir Keir Starmer to now be imminent, but with