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Streeting insists he is not trying to oust Starmer after overnight briefings

by 12/11/2025
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Health Secretary Wes Streeting has insisted that he is not – and will not – try to oust Sir Keir Starmer following overnight briefings he would do so.

Asked if he will launch a leadership challenge after the budget on 26 November, Mr Streeting told Sky’s Mornings with Ridge and Frost: “No.”

He said it is a “totally self-defeating briefing, not least because it’s not true”.

The health secretary also ruled out that he would demand Sir Keir resign in the days after the budget later this month, or after the local elections in May.

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Mr Streeting accused allies of the prime minister in Number 10 of briefing against him.

He admitted he did not back Sir Keir at the leadership election in 2020 “but I did support him from the moment he was elected and I supported him all the way through”.

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