Wes Streeting, British Secretary of Health and representative of the right wing of the Labour Party, has resigned to presumably run as an alternative to Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
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Streeting is a man close to “Blairism” who led the party for years and a figure opposed to other politicians with chances to replace Starmer such as Andy Burnham, Mayor of Manchester, or Angela Rayner, the party’s virtual number two before her resignation, in 2025.
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Streeting now needs to secure the support of at least 81 MPs to carry forward his proposal.
