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Tax cuts and cost of living help proposed by Labour-linked groups allied to Streeting and Burnham

Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting), and the Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, have proposed large changes to government policy

UK should not keep changing prime ministers, warns John Major

Wes Streeting, might do the same. Sir John said: "The fate of individual politicians doesn't really matter as much as the development of the right policy. "I mean, it isn't a good idea

New laws expected to be in the King's Speech

Wes Streeting's [commitment to abolish NHS England](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crknrrz7ln6o), and to implement some of the commitments in his [10 Year Health Plan.](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/10-year-health-plan-for-england-fit-for-the-future) **Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill** -This legislation, which

Andy Burnham has plan to return to Westminster ‘within weeks’, allies say

Wes Streeting and Rayner – are both said to have 80 MPs willing to back their candidates for an immediate challenge to Starmer. But Burnham supporters said they hoped to convince the prime minister

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

Starmer’s failure to demonstrate strong values ‘driving away progressive voters’

Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner. Labour is braced for dismal results [in Thursday’s elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/07/local-elections-labour-test-greens-reform-lib-dems-tories-england-scotland-wales-polls), which could result in [Starmer facing a leadership challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/labour-leadership-challenge-bond-markets-angela-rayner-andy-burnham-keir-starmer). The report from

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

Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) gone so quiet? To the frustration of many – not least the prime minister himself – discussions about who is up and who is down have long been a staple of Westminster

Keir Starmer under pressure to agree exit plan after election mauling

change. The prime minister would deliver a major speech next week in which he would seek to set out a more optimistic vision of the country’s future, Downing Street sources said. The king

Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs

Wes Streeting’s decision to award himself power to dictate what the NHS pays for drugs amid growing concern the move may be illegal. Thirty-one MPs have signed a House of Commons motion voicing

Starmer to face split cabinet as demands for his resignation mount

Wes Streeting, former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, and Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham. However, Rayner’s ability to run is hampered until an investigation into her tax affairs is resolved. She resigned

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

change of leader or a timetable for Sir Keir to go, since the results started coming in. Labour has lost more than 1,400 seats in English council elections, with Reform UK making huge gains

British leader Keir Starmer under pressure after heavy election losses

Wes Streeting, the health minister, and Angela Rayner, who was deputy prime minister until last year. Complicating matters for any plotters is that the person viewed by many in Labour as the best potential replacement

Labour must offer more than ‘better managed decline’ on economy, MPs urge

change of direction. Haigh, who [quit in the early months of Starmer’s government](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/29/louise-haigh-resigns-as-transport-secretary) after it emerged she had been convicted of fraud over a missing work phone, is seen

Phillipson: challenge to Starmer would be wrong despite election ‘kicking’

Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner or Ed Miliband could come forward. A contest in the coming weeks would rule out a return for Andy Burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, who is not in parliament

Can Starmer survive as PM? Seven scenarios for what might happen next

Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner or any other Labour heavyweight with eyes on Number 10. Streeting backed the prime minister on Friday, but did not explicitly rule out standing in any contest. Rayner has not commented

Keir Starmer vows to prove doubters wrong in make-or-break leadership speech

Wes Streeting, could imminently launch a leadership challenge. Allies of Streeting have [denied he will move against the prime minister](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/10/starmer-faces-perilous-24-hours-streeting-readying-leadership-bid) – and said he would only plan to stand if a leadership race

Wednesday briefing: Where Starmer stands after another precarious day in Parliament

policy editor, ***Kiran Stacey***, about a critical few weeks for the prime minister and whether Labour MPs could move to replace him. First, the headlines. ## Five big stories 1. ***US*** | King Charles has extolled

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

Wes Streeting. The Secretary State for Housing, Steve Reed, completes the quartet of powerful London MPs in the Cabinet. A significant percentage of the party's activists, and the members who choose the party