{"id":295276,"date":"2025-11-12T21:05:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/health-secretary-forced-to-deny-he-wants-the-top-job-after-downing-street-rumours-swirl-itv-news\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:05:18","slug":"health-secretary-forced-to-deny-he-wants-the-top-job-after-downing-street-rumours-swirl-itv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/health-secretary-forced-to-deny-he-wants-the-top-job-after-downing-street-rumours-swirl-itv-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Secretary forced to deny he wants the top job after Downing Street rumours swirl | ITV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/eZF9aH2fHdo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Health Secretary forced to deny he wants the top job after Downing Street rumours swirl | ITV News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eZF9aH2fHdo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This week on Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston analyse the rumours of a coup to oust Sir Keir Starmer.<\/p>\n<p>In an extraordinary 24 hours, the Health Secretary Wes Streeting is forced to deny on the record that he wants the top job.<\/p>\n<p>And the Prime Minister has had to say he will fight any leadership challenge.<br \/>\nAlso, what next for the BBC after the Director General resigns and Donald Trump threatens to sue?<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week on Talking Politics, Tom Bradby and Robert Peston analyse the rumours of a coup to oust Sir Keir Starmer. 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