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Starmer Faces Leadership Challenge as Streeting Weighs Resignation
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Keir Starmer faces his biggest challenge as PM with health minister Wes Streeting threatening to resign and launch a leadership challenge. Starmer presses on with his Kings Speech, focusing on economic growth, energy security, and defense, despite potential instability. Markets react negatively, and Streeting needs support from 81 Labour lawmakers to mount a serious contest, potentially drawing in other contenders like Andy Burnham and Angela Rayner. A leadership scramble could disrupt the UKs efforts to stabilize its course.
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