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Wes Streeting quits cabinet and calls on Starmer to resign
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Streeting, who is on the party’s right, had long been rumoured to be gathering support for tilt at leadership UK politics live – latest updates Wes Streeting has quit as health secretary and called on Keir Starmer to resign as prime minister, saying it would have been “dishonourable” to remain in post and that there should now be a contest for the Labour leadership.But Streeting, who is on the party’s right, will not immediately launch a challenge and said he wanted to see a leadership contest with a broad range of candidates – a suggestion that the Greater Manchester mayor, Andy Burnham, could fight in the contest. Continue reading...
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