Episode
Wes Streeting confirms he'll stand to be Labour Leader
- Podcast
- Six O'Clock News
- Published
- May 16, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1008
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- http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002wj2j
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Summary
Wes Streeting has confirmed he'll challenge Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership. The Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has said he is standing in the Makerfield constitutency to "save" the party. A massive police operation has taken place in central London where two major protest marches -- one led by the right wing activist, Tommy Robinson and the other a pro-Palestinian rally -- have passed off largely without incident. More than 30 people have been arrested. The last senior Hamas leader thought to have been involved in planning the October the 7th attacks has been killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza.