UK’s Streeting Vows to Stand in Any Labour Leadership Race

Wes Streeting speaks at the Progress Conference 2026! in London, UK, on May 16.Photographer: Carlos Jasso/Bloomberg

Wes Streeting, who resigned as Britain’s health secretary two days ago, vowed to stand in any UK leadership contest seeking to unseat Keir Starmer as prime minister.

In his first speech since leavingBloomberg Terminal Starmer’s government, Streeting said the Labour party’s disastrous local election results were “unprecedented,” and warned that nationalists are in power “in every corner of the UK.”