Starmer faces endgame as Wes Streeting launches 'coup' to beat rivals to the top job

Starmer faces endgame as Wes Streeting launches 'coup' to beat rivals to the top job Submitted by Imran Mulla on Tue, 05/12/2026 - 10:34 The health secretary scrambles to oust prime minister and take the reins while Andy Burnham races to become MP Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer pictured outside the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, 17 April 2026 (AFP) Off British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer is clinging onto power in what might be his final days in the premiership as his rivals compete over who will replace him. On Tuesday morning, at a Cabinet meeting in Number 10 Downing Street, the embattled prime minister told his top team that the Labour Party "has a process for challenging a leader and that has not been triggered". He said : "The country expects us to get on with governing.