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Today in Focus

Labour, u ok hun?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Guardian columnist Rafael Behr talks through a tumultuous day for Labour and Keir Starmer – following the resignation of health secretary Wes Streeting, and the renewed possibility of a Westminster comeback for Andy Burnham. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:09.0

Today, the Labour Party.

0:12.0

The U.S.

0:12.4

The U.S.K., hon.

0:25.6

It has been quite the week for West Reading. It was only seven days ago, after Labor's disastrous local elections, now all eyes turned

0:32.6

on the health secretary, perhaps the most ambitious man in Parliament.

0:37.1

But we need someone from within the cabinet to step forward as the leader,

0:40.6

and then we will have a new leader of the party without having to have a leadership election.

0:46.3

Would he now finally make his move to kill Kiyosama's premiership?

0:51.1

What we've seen in the last couple of hours since the Prime Minister's speech is a trickle,

0:56.4

perhaps more than a trickle, of MP after MP.

1:00.2

First, dozens of MPs called for Stama to go.

1:03.0

More than 50 Labour MPs have come out and said...

1:07.0

There are at least 70 now who no longer back the PM, including...

1:11.6

Was it all some West Streeting plot?

1:13.6

Then, on Tuesday, came the ministers.

1:17.6

The community's minister, Miata van Bula, has resigned.

1:20.6

I've just learned exclusively, Jess Phillips, has resigned from government.

1:26.6

Many, notably, said to be allies of Wes.

1:29.9

One of those resignations came from health minister,

1:32.7

Zubia Ahmed, an ally of West Streeting.

1:36.1

By Wednesday, almost every front page

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