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Streeting 'poised to quit' as Starmer begs Labour MPs not to 'sink into the politics of division' - with desperate King's Speech vowing to unwind Brexit but NOT curb benefits
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London MP Rupa Huq unhappy at being added to 'save Keir Starmer' letter without consent
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SNP seeks to force vote on Keir Starmer’s future
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Starmer holds brief meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis
Another ally of health secretary renews call for resignation of prime minister, who is due to deliver king’s speech• UK politics live – latest updatesWes Streeting has held talks with Keir Starmer in Downing Street as an ally of the health secretary renewed calls for the prime minister to resign, saying his authority had “irretrievably ebbed away”.Streeting arrived in No 10 on Wednesday morning amid intense speculation over Labour’s leadership crisis and his own future within the party, before l...