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Wes Streeting leaves No 10 after planned talks with Keir Starmer - UK politics live

details of all the bills coming up over the next 12 months. At some before the king arrives, Keir Starmer has another appointment in Downing Street, where he is meeting [Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting),

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

Tuesday briefing: Starmer’s ‘last chance’ speech and the possible challengers to his premiership

Wes Streeting in Purfleet-on-Thames in 2024. Photograph: Leon Neal/Getty Images The prime minister’s speech was “well put together, clear-eyed, and passionate”, says ***Kiran Stacey***, but had one fundamental problem: “His policy

Monday briefing: Will the international effort to stop the further spread of hantavirus be successful?

leadership rivals](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/starmer-faces-perilous-24-hours-streeting-readying-leadership-bid) from Wes Streeting to Angela Rayner position themselves for a contest. 2. ***Iran conflict*** | Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian response to a US peace proposal as [“totally unacceptable