Starmer Rivals Ready Bids to Challenge Weakened Prime Minister

Keir Starmer’s efforts to hold back a potential leadership challenge showed new cracks, as allies of leading Labour Party rivals signaled they were ready to challenge him for the prime minister’s job.

Starmer’s former No. 2, Angela Rayner, indicated on Thursday that she was preparing for a bid to lead the governing Labour Party after announcing she had been cleared by a tax probe. The prime minister’s supporters had been expecting Health Secretary Wes Streeting to quit the Cabinet and declare his own challenge.