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UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting denies plotting to oust embattled PM Keir Starmer

Since taking office, Starmer has struggled to deliver his flagship promise of economic growth, with figures released on Tuesday showing that unemployment had risen from 4.8% to 5%.

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Watch live: Keir Starmer faces PMQs as Wes Streeting denies leadership coup rumours

Watch live as Sir Keir Starmer faces Kemi Badenoch at Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday (12 November).

The Independent UK

OPINION - Wes Streeting talks a good game - but could he deliver as PM if Starmer is toppled in coup?

NHS waiting lists have risen for three months in a row despite cutting them being Labour’s key promise and down to the Health Secretary to deliver

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The three ways Starmer could be ousted as PM after Streeting coup rumours

There are several ways that a sitting prime minister can be removed

The Independent UK

Will Starmer resign over Mandelson-Epstein scandal and who could replace him?

Labour MPs have questioned the prime minister’s judgement, with some declaring ‘it’s over’ for Starmer

The Independent UK

UK Cabinet minister denies plotting to oust embattled leader Starmer

Britain's Health Secretary Wes Streeting has denied plotting to oust Prime Minister Keir Starmer

The Independent UK

Wes Streeting demands sackings in No 10 after he’s accused of plotting to oust Starmer as PM

Health secretary denied threatening to challenge embattled PM and denounced ‘Downing Street culture’

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Wes Streeting in last-minute plea to doctors to call off strike

The Health Secretary said he would not move further on pay, despite BMA calls for a 26% uplift to counter what it says is pay erosion over time.

Evening Standard

Streeting calls for Starmer to sack ‘self-defeating’ briefers

The Health Secretary has categorically denied plotting to oust the Prime Minister.

Evening Standard

Streeting dismisses Labour leadership challenge rumours as ‘Celebrity Traitors’ fiction

Labour MP Wes Streeting has firmly denied rumours of challenging party leader Sir Keir Starmer following an appearance on Sky News on Wednesday morning (12 November).

The Independent UK

No 10 says Starmer has confidence in Morgan McSweeney after PM condemns attacks on cabinet members – as it happened

PM’s spokesperson says he has confidence in his chief of staff after Starmer challenged over ‘toxic culture’ at Downing Street

The Guardian - UK

Streeting denies plot to oust Starmer and condemns briefings from No 10

Health secretary says attacks on him from Downing Street ‘self-defeating’ after reports PM’s job could be under threat

The Guardian - UK

Labour Traitors War: Starmer told no-one in No10 tried to ‘kneecap’ Streeting as coup frenzy 'turns to farce'

The Health Secretary has slammed Downing Street sources for ‘self-defeating and self-destructive behaviour’

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer latest: Half of Britons want Starmer to quit as Labour leader now after ‘coup attempt’, finds poll

The new YouGov polling revealed just over a quarter (27 per cent) of respondents think the PM should remain Labour leader and the other 23 per cent don’t know

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Evening Standard

Streeting rules out bid to challenge Starmer amid ‘unhelpful’ briefing war

The Health Secretary’s comments follow a flurry of late-night briefings from Number 10 in which allies of Sir Keir came out fighting on his behalf.

Evening Standard

Keir Starmer to face PMQs amid claims of potential challenge to his leadership

The Prime Minister will face MPs after a briefing war emerged on Tuesday night in an attempt to see off supposed challenges to his authority.

The Independent UK

Labour leadership crisis erupts after Streeting denies plotting to bring down Starmer

Health secretary says Labour MPs who claim PM faces coup have been ‘watching too much “Celebrity Traitors”’

Evening Standard

Prime Minister could face leadership challenge after Budget, say Labour insiders

The Labour leader is increasingly concerned about his party’s dip in support which may result in serious losses at next year’s local elections

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The Guardian - UK

Reeves rejects plea for £1bn of extra cash to cover NHS redundancy payouts

Health secretary Wes Streeting lobbied behind the scenes for emergency funds to pay off 18,000 staff losing their jobs

Evening Standard

Streeting denies plot to oust Starmer amid reports of potential coup

Sir Keir Starmer’s loyalists within Downing Street are said to fear his job could be under threat, according to several news outlets.

The Guardian - UK

Starmer allies issue warning to PM’s rivals as fears grow over leadership challenge

No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local elections

The Guardian - UK

Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer

PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted

The Independent UK

NHS frontline staff forced to ‘plug gaps that should be filled by managers’

Skilled clinical professionals are spending hours each week ‘chasing paperwork, managing rotas or navigating broke administrative systems’ says a new report

Evening Standard

Kate Garraway finally sells £1.7m Islington home as she battles 800k debt after husband's death

The Celebrity Traitors star racked up a mountain of debt from caring for her husband Derek Draper, who died from long Covid complications last year

The Guardian - UK

Meet gen X: middle-aged, enraged and radicalised by internet bile

Who is driving the populist insurgency? It’s not grumpy pensioners or vulnerable teenagers – it’s my generation, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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