# LATEST: Is Wes Streeting about to resign? Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign.md Podcast: [The Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954) Published: 2026-05-13T16:07:36+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/storiesofourtimes/episodes/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/storiesofourtimes/e/6a049eb906eee5b01c8d69bb/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-26954/episodes/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign Duration seconds: 727 ## Resource This morning the Times broke the news that Wes Streeting had told allies he was preparing to resign as Health Secretary tomorrow to trigger a leadership contest. The story emerged just ahead of the King’s arrival in Westminster for the state opening of parliament. What do we know now? And what does this mean for Starmer’s future? This podcast was brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Subscribe today: http://thetimes.com/thestory Guests:    Anna Mikhailova, political editor, Times Radio Aubrey Allegretti, chief political editor, The Times Host: John Pienaar, Manveen Rana Producers: Sandra Mitchell, Harry Bligh  We want to hear from you - email: thestory@thetimes.com Read more: Keir Starmer latest - live page Photo: Getty Images. This podcast was brought to you thanks to subscribers of The Times and The Sunday Times. To enjoy unlimited digital access to all our journalism subscribe  here . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-26954/episodes/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.