After resigning as minister, Wes Streeting challenges PM Starmer for UK Labour leadership

Then-UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting leaves 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting in London, Tuesday, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Then-UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting leaves 10 Downing Street after a cabinet meeting in London, Tuesday, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Former UK health minister Wes Streeting says that he will challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer in any leadership contest held, days after stepping down and urging Starmer to set a timetable for his departure.

“We need a proper contest with the best candidates on the field, and I will be standing,” Streeting tells a conference of the Progress group of Labour supporters.

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