Wes Streeting Weighs Labour Leadership Bid as Starmer Faces Calls to Quit
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Updated · Bloomberg · May 12
Wes Streeting Weighs Labour Leadership Bid as Starmer Faces Calls to Quit
15 articles · Updated · Bloomberg · May 12
Wes Streeting is considering a bid for the Labour leadership as pressure mounts on Prime Minister Keir Starmer to step down.
Starmer’s premiership was described as hanging in the balance over the weekend, creating the opening for potential challengers inside his Cabinet.
Streeting, the health secretary, spent part of the weekend with Technology Secretary Peter Kyle at a screening of The Devil Wears Prada 2 while he weighed his next move.
Any decision by Streeting would sharpen a crisis at the top of Labour and could trigger a contest to replace a sitting prime minister.
Can Wes Streeting overcome low party support to oust a sitting Prime Minister?
With UK borrowing costs soaring, could a leadership battle trigger a wider financial crisis?
Is Labour's crisis a sign that Britain's two-party system is finally broken for good?