2026-05-15
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It is clear that he is not going to directly challenge the Prime Minister himself,
that he believes that the only route to a change of Prime Minister is for Keir Starmer to resign.
In the last few minutes, the Health Secretary,
Wes Streeting, has resigned, paving the way for a widely anticipated challenge to the leadership of the Prime Minister,
Sir Keir Starmer.
I think those around Vernon believe that time's of the essence because they ultimately believe he 's the candidate
who has the most support amongst the party's MPs,
has the most support amongst the party membership and, you know, has the most support in the country.
Those two things combined, they just don't come around very often.
It's been a question of will he, won't he?
But Wes Streeting has finally resigned as health secretary and said it 's clear Keir Starmer
will not lead the party into the next election.
But why has he stopped short of an immediate leadership challenge?
And has he left the door open for Andy Burnham?
From the Guardians today in Focus, this is The Latest with me, Lucy Half.
Well, joining me from Parliament is Jessica Elgort, The Guardian's Deputy Political Editor.
It's been a huge day in Westminster after days of speculation about what we're streeting.
The former Health Secretary was planning to do whether he would resign
and whether he would launch a leadership challenge.