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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Aletha Adu Political correspondent

Starmer holds 16-minute meeting with Streeting amid leadership crisis

Wes Streeting exits through a black doorway
Wes Streeting leaving 10 Downing Street after meeting Keir Starmer for approximately 16 minutes. Photograph: Sean Smith/The Guardian

Wes 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. He left approximately 16 minutes later without commenting to the media.

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