Starmer Rival Streeting Prepares to Resign and Challenge Prime Minister

The UK’s governing Labour Party was headed for a divisive battle over the country’s top political office, as a leading Cabinet member prepared to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Allies of Wes Streeting, who hails from the right wing of the party, said on Wednesday that the health secretary was likely to quit his post this week and launch a bid to replace Starmer as Labour leader. The prime minister’s own supporters immediately affirmed his determination to contest any attempt to unseat him.