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I’m ready to be next PM, Streeting tells Starmer: The Telegraph
Labour rivals are weighing leadership bids as more than 40 MPs demand change after heavy local election losses and Reform UK gains.
- Wes Streeting told Prime Minister Keir Starmer he is ready to serve as the next leader, initiating a direct challenge to Starmer's premiership amid mounting internal pressure from Labour rivals.
- Labour lost nearly 1,500 councillors and control of the Welsh Senedd to Plaid Cymru, prompting more than 40 MPs to demand Starmer leave, though this falls short of the 81 votes needed to formally trigger a leadership contest.
- Angela Rayner urged Starmer to 'meet the moment and set out the change our country needs,' while calling for Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham's return to Parliament via a by-election.
- Starmer remains determined to continue as Prime Minister, insisting he will not 'walk away and plunge the country into chaos' despite mounting calls from his own party to step aside.
- Should Streeting launch his campaign, he is expected to cite NHS data showing 65 per cent of patients treated within 18 weeks, while Energy Secretary Ed Miliband remains a potential compromise candidate.
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Wes Streeting is widely seen as one of the most likely candidates to succeed Sir Keir Starmer if the Prime Minister stands down from the top job in the coming weeks. The i Paper understands that Streeting is unlikely to trigger a leadership challenge himself, but there have been reports that he is preparing a case – should a contest begin anyway. After a historically bad set of local election results for Labour, that scenario looks increasingly …
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Leaning Left3Leaning Right4Center1Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Right
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