Streeting to quit? | Trump and Xi talks| Southampton football spygate
Cheat Sheet with Ridge & Frost
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🗓️ 14 May 2026
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Allies of Health Secretary Wes Streeting have told Sky News he is preparing to quit and mount a leadership challenge against the prime minister.
Sir Keir Starmer is understood to have told ministers there will be "chaos" if the Labour Party is plunged into such a contest as he faces the seemingly imminent bid for his job from Streeting.
US President Donald Trump has landed in China for a two day visit, with Chinese President XI Jinping saying that the two nations "should be partners, not rivals".
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage might be enjoying his local election success - but the way he and his party are funded is now set to come under the spotlight.
There's been an exciting and controversial twist in the Scottish Premiership title race - where Hearts are fighting to become the first team that isn't Celtic or Rangers to win the title in over 40 years.
Ali and Wilf have the day's news in just 10 minutes.
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| 0:00.0 | Sky News, the full story first. |
| 0:09.5 | Allies of the Health Secretary, West Streeting, have been telling Sky News. |
| 0:16.8 | He is planning to quit and mount his own leadership challenge, but does he have the support |
| 0:21.2 | with enough MPs? |
| 0:23.8 | President Trump has landed in China to meet President Xi Jinping with the leaders exchanging |
| 0:27.8 | compliments ahead of a crucial second day of talk. |
| 0:32.5 | Hello, you're listening to Cheat Sheet, a 10-minute podcast on the day's news on Thursday |
| 0:37.3 | the 14th of May. |
| 0:38.8 | I'm Ali Fortescue. |
| 0:39.7 | And I'm Wilfred Frost. |
| 0:40.6 | Also today, there's been a controversial twist in the Scottish Premiership title race, |
| 0:45.6 | setting up a dramatic final day title decider between Hearts and Celtic on Saturday. |
| 0:54.8 | So, Ali, just set up where we are right now. |
| 0:58.0 | Yesterday, the Prime Minister and West Streeting had a face-off in Downing Street. |
| 1:03.8 | It was very short. |
| 1:05.3 | We then had the King's speech, so whatever was to follow that meeting was delayed until today. |
| 1:12.6 | What are we expecting to happen today? |
| 1:14.9 | Well, so it's been an extraordinary week. |
| 1:18.7 | And here we are on Thursday, which has seemed like a moment that lots of people have been looking to. |
| 1:24.2 | We've got NHS figures coming out and allies of West Streeting, |
| 1:28.9 | the health secretary, telling us that he's going to resign and run for the leadership. |
| 1:34.4 | My sense was he never wanted to be the first one to go. You know, you get the sort of Rishi |
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