Verified source report
Streeting says he would be prepared to trigger leadership contest as early as next week
But the former health secretary told BBC Newsnight he would prefer for the prime minister “to take a decision on his own terms”.
What happened
According to BBC News’s source item, Streeting says he would be prepared to trigger leadership contest as early as next week, But the former health secretary told BBC Newsnight he would prefer for the prime minister “to take a decision on his own terms”.
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Primary source: Streeting says he would be prepared to trigger leadership contest as early as next week via BBC News. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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- Streeting says he would be prepared to trigger leadership contest as early as next weekBBC News - 2026-06-17T01:43:56+00:00
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