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Wes Streeting leaves No 10 after planned talks with Keir Starmer last less than 20 minutes - UK politics live

A number of the health secretary’s allies called for the prime minister’s resignation but Streeting has yet to call for a formal leadership challenge

Here is some comment from journalists on the Starmer/Streeting meeting.

From Anne McElvoy at Politico

Starmer rigorously follow a bureaucratic control playbook in the handling of the Streeting encounter

- set meetings only on your terms

Wes Streeting was in and out of Downing Street this morning in 20 minutes flat. Not a word to the media, but a long confident walk up and down the street before and after. Projecting determination.

Streeting went through the door of Number 10 at 08:24 and left at 08:41. So that is actually 17 minutes.

Brief.

Anyone would think we were talking about the final scene at a Casino Royale or something, looking at some of the coverage that we’ve had.

There is no contest for the leadership of the Labour party.

There’s a very clear way to do that under our rules of 81 people nominating an alternative candidate. That hasn’t happened.

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May 13, 2026 Politics UK news Keir Starmer

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