The Latest Breaking News from Wes Streeting

This week’s doctors’ strike is another test of Wes Streeting’s mettle. He is right not to buckle

No one denies their deep grievances – but after seeing improvements and winning generous pay settlements, the BMA is overplaying its hand, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

Starmer’s backers never meant him to be prime minister – his leadership was doomed from the start

His alliance with the party’s anti-Corbyn faction was a shotgun marriage that totally lacked vision. Now Labour is paying the price, says Neal Lawson of the cross-party campaign organisation Compass

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

Starmer can’t afford to sack McSweeney, MPs say, as new year coup rumours swirl

The prime minister says he’s been ‘assured’ that no one in Downing Street briefed against his health secretary, amid claims that his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney is ‘unsackable’

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025

NHS England redundancies: What jobs and sectors are most at risk?

Over 18,000 staff are facing redundancy in the coming months

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2025

NHS waiting list falls as Streeting says health service ‘on road to recovery’

The NHS waiting list for planned treatment rose in June, July and August then fell in September.

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2025

Starmer’s shambles in No 10 risks handing power to Farage, Alastair Campbell warns

Intervention by Tony Blair’s former director of communications comes as the PM is under pressure to sack his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney

The Independent UK · Nov 13, 2025

PM prepared to ‘get rid’ of those responsible for briefing war, Miliband signals

Ed Miliband suggested that Sir Keir would sack anyone found to be responsible for the briefings, as the PM faces pressure to overhaul his No 10.

Evening Standard · Nov 13, 2025

New face, same problems: replacing Keir Starmer with Wes Streeting will do nothing to help Labour

Both share a fixation with process over project and have an absence of values, which can only result in a trail of broken promises, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

Starmer stands by McSweeney and says he has been ‘assured no briefings against ministers done from No 10’ – as it happened

PM says he has ‘full confidence’ in his chief of staff Morgan McSweeney amid calls for him to be sacked

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025

If No 10 briefer is found Keir Starmer will sack them, Miliband says

Cabinet minister says PM would not have backed attacks on Wes Streeting but briefing is ‘longstanding aspect of politics’

The Guardian - UK · Nov 13, 2025