{"id":343590,"date":"2026-05-14T15:00:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/breaking-wes-streeting-resigns-and-calls-for-leadership-contest-watch-itv-lunchtime-news-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T15:00:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:00:26","slug":"breaking-wes-streeting-resigns-and-calls-for-leadership-contest-watch-itv-lunchtime-news-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/breaking-wes-streeting-resigns-and-calls-for-leadership-contest-watch-itv-lunchtime-news-2\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Wes Streeting resigns and calls for leadership contest &#8211; Watch ITV Lunchtime News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/F3X47Hcac8w\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"BREAKING: Wes Streeting resigns and calls for leadership contest - Watch ITV Lunchtime News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F3X47Hcac8w\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Wes Streeting has quit as Health Secretary, paving the way for a leadership challenge and plunging Sir Keir Starmer&#8217;s premiership into crisis.<\/p>\n<p>In his resignation letter, Mr Streeting criticised the &quot;drift&quot; at the top of Government and told the Prime Minister it is &quot;clear&quot; he will not lead Labour into the next election.<\/p>\n<p>His letter read: &quot;It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election and that Labour MPs and Labour unions want the debate about what comes next to be a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism.<br \/>\n&quot;It needs to be broad, and it needs to be the best possible field of candidates. 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