Keir Starmer latest: Wes Streeting to visit PM for No 10 showdown over Labour division ahead of King’s Speech

Minister Nick Thomas-Symonds insisted Sir Keir Starmer’s cabinet was “united and determined” and said the prime minister’s door was “very open” to hearing any concerns he might have.

“Yesterday, I was in a cabinet that was very united and committed to dealing with the really big issues facing the country,” he said. Time Radio.

He added: “The Prime Minister has said he will speak to all members of the cabinet about their concerns. His door is very open on that.”

He said Sir Keir’s mood on Tuesday evening was one of “really fierce determination” and determination to deliver on the mandate he received at the 2024 election.

While Wes Streeting is expected to meet Sir Keir on Wednesday morning, Mr Thomas-Symonds insisted any cabinet minister could go for a “quick coffee” with the Prime Minister, saying: “I don’t think it would be weird at all.”

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to meet this morning with health minister Wes Streeting, one of his key rivals for the Labor leadership, after four ministers resigned and more than 80 MPs called for the prime minister’s resignation.

The House of Commons will hold a ceremony for the King’s Speech before Charles sets the government’s legislative agenda for the coming year in the House of Lords.

The government will then debate the King’s Speech this afternoon.

Sir Keir Starmer is thought to have survived an alleged coup by health secretary Wes Streeting, according to texts obtained by the BBC from a cabinet minister.

The unnamed cabinet minister said, according to the messages: “’I think we’ve said goodbye to Wes, what a great day.

“‘I don’t understand how Wes can remain in the Cabinet without any self-respect after this debacle.'”

Mr Streeting is expected to meet the prime minister this morning after more than 100 MPs joined calls for Sir Keir to resign. The Times.

On Wednesday, King Charles will continue a centuries-old tradition in parliament and deliver the King’s Speech to the House of Lords.

But following Keir Starmer’s leadership crisis, Buckingham Palace privately asked whether King Charles should proceed as planned.

The King’s team reportedly informed Starmer’s officials that the King should be kept out of the political crisis and not used for political purposes.

“The Palace’s view is: ‘We don’t want any part of this conversation, don’t bring us into it,'” one of the people familiar with the matter said. Policy.

The King was pleased to confirm the following appointments:

• Member of Parliament Nesil Çalışkan serves as GNAT Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
• Natalie Fleet MP serves as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Home Office
• Catherine Atkinson MP as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Justice
• Preet Kaur Gill MP is Under-Secretary of State at the Department of Health and Social Care
• Gen Kitchen MP (Government Whip) as Controller of HM Household
• Deirdre Costigan MP Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip)
• Shaun Davies MP Deputy Whip, House of Commons

Labor MP Rupa Huq denied signing a letter supporting the Prime Minister and said she was “surprised” to see her name on the list.

The letter listed more than 100 MPs who said “this is not the time for a leadership contest”, including Ms Huq, MP for Ealing Central and Acton.

In a post on

“It’s not very polite for my colleagues to write their names without their approval.”

New data shows Sir Keir Starmer’s government’s approval rating is just 14 per cent.

YouGov’s poll shows a disapproval rate of 70 per cent, up six per cent on last week’s poll.