UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting quit embattled British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Cabinet on Thursday in what is expected to be a precursor to challenging his leadership.
Streeting is the first Cabinet member to resign as Starmer faces pressure to step down after the Labour Party’s disastrous results last week in local and regional elections.
"Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift," Streeting wrote in his resignation letter to Starmer that was published on X.
"It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election and that Labour MPs and Labour Unions want the debate about what comes next to be a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism."
Starmer's future looked increasingly uncertain on Thursday as potential challengers positioned themselves for a possible leadership contest, including his popular former deputy Angela Rayner.
