UK health minister quits, calls for leadership contest to oust PM Starmer

R ReutersSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-05-14 · 12:49 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

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Labour health minister Wes Streeting resigned on Thursday, calling for a leadership contest to replace Prime Minister Keir Starmer. This action follows disastrous local election results for the governing Labour Party, which have intensified pressure on Starmer. Streeting stated his resignation is due to the belief that Starmer will not lead the party into the next general election. His departure marks the first senior minister to publicly call for Starmer's removal amidst growing dissent within the party. The crisis comes less than two years after Starmer secured a significant majority with a promise of stability.

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Streeting stated he was standing down because “it is now ‌clear you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election”.

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Streeting called for a leadership contest to oust British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

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Labour’s Wes Streeting resigned as health minister on Thursday.

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Disastrous results for the governing Labour Party in last week’s local elections have plunged Britain into its latest crisis.

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Labour’s Wes Streeting announced his resignation ⁠as health minister on Thursday, calling for a leadership contest to oust British Prime Minister Keir ⁠Starmer, who has shown no sign he is ready to step down.Disastrous results for the governing Labour Party in last week’s local elections have plunged Britain into its latest crisis, just under two years after Starmer won a large majority on a vow to bring stability and end a decade of political chaos.After days of calls by a growing number of Labour lawmakers for Starmer to either resign or set out a timetable for his departure, Streeting was the first senior minister to break cover, saying he was standing down because “it is now ‌clear you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election”.

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