UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting denies plotting to oust embattled PM Keir Starmer

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UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting denies plotting to oust embattled PM Keir Starmer  Since taking office, Starmer has struggled to deliver his flagship promise of economic growth, with figures released on Tuesday showing that unemployment had risen from 4.8% to 5%.   READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/11/12/uk-health-secretary-wes-streeting-denies-plotting-to-oust-embattled-pm-keir-starmer  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00UK Health Secretary Wes Streeting has denied allegations that he's plotting to take down

00:06Prime Minister Keir Starmer. The senior British Cabinet Minister described the rumors from

00:11inside No. 10 Downing Street as, quote, self-defeating and self-destructive. Close supporters of

00:17Starmer in briefings to the media said that challenging the UK Premier would be reckless

00:22and have dire consequences for the country's economy and international standing. Streeting,

00:27who's widely tipped as a future Labour Party leader, said that Starmer should fire those

00:32responsible for their remarks. It's totally self-defeating briefing, not least because it's

00:39not true. And I don't understand how anyone thinks it's helpful to the Prime Minister either to suggest

00:45he's fighting for his job at a time when, last time I saw him on Monday evening to talk about

00:50violence against women and girls and how we tackle it, he's fighting for the country and trying to

00:54turn it around from the absolute mess that we inhabit. Starmer has been struggling since

00:59taking office in July last year, with his public opinion dwindling week on week amid the rise in

01:05far-right anti-immigration reform UK's popularity. Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has consistently

01:13topped British polls for months, creating a difficult situation for Starmer, who's been unable to deliver

01:19on his campaign objectives. One of his flagship promises included economic growth. Recent statistics,

01:26released on Tuesday, showed unemployment figures climbing from 4.8 percent to 5 percent.

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