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LONDON, June 17 (Reuters) – Britain’s former health minister, Wes Streeting, said he would be prepared to trigger a Labour leadership contest to replace Keir \u200bStarmer as prime minister as soon as next week, urging \u200ca speedy end to the “uncertainty and paralysis”.<\/div>\n
Streeting, who has said he has the backing of the 81 Labour lawmakers needed to trigger a challenge, told \u200bBBC Newsnight late on Tuesday he thought a contest should be initiated \u200bsooner rather than later.<\/div>\n
But Starmer, speaking at the G7 summit \u2060in Evian, repeated on Wednesday that he would fight to stay \u200bin his job if a formal challenge was launched against his \u200bleadership.<\/div>\n
“If there is a challenge, I intend to fight in any challenge to my leadership,” Starmer said.<\/div>\n
“I don’t think there should be a challenge, because I think \u200bthat is a bad thing for the country.”<\/div>\n
The Labour Party is \u200bwaiting to see if Andy Burnham, the Greater Manchester mayor, can win a \u200clocal \u2060election in Makerfield on Thursday to return to parliament, where he would become the frontrunner in any challenge to Starmer.<\/div>\n
Streeting, who quit last month in protest at the prime minister’s record, said he wanted Starmer to take “time \u200bto reflect over \u200bthe weekend \u2060and I think we should see where we are then”.<\/div>\n
“I would prefer the PM to take a \u200bdecision on his own terms rather than leave it \u200bfor me \u2060or Andy or anyone else to trigger a contest … We can’t carry on with this uncertainty and paralysis.”<\/div>\n
In a further blow to Starmer’s \u2060authority, the \u200bhighly respected defence minister, John Healey, resigned last \u200bweek, accompanied by a scathing critique of Starmer’s record in allocating funds to increase \u200bdefence spending.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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