{"podcast":{"title":"The Story","slug":"the-story-26954","podcast_index_feed_id":26954,"rss_url":"https://rss.acast.com/storiesofourtimes","website_url":"https://www.thetimes.co.uk/podcasts/the-story","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61ba0e441a8cbeb3393cf13c/1758841002471-a9576d61-36b6-4b4b-9aa8-e495cf468878.jpeg","author":"The Times","episode_count":1846,"summary":"The biggest stories, told in depth, daily. Join the world's best journalists to uncover what really matters. Hosted by Manveen Rana and Luke Jones. Published seven days a week and ready for you every morning. The Story is brought to you thanks to the support of readers of The Times and The Sunday Times. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T04:19:37.461858+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954"},"episode":{"title":"LATEST: Is Wes Streeting about to resign?","slug":"latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign","published_at":"2026-05-13T16:07:36+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954","url":"https://shows.acast.com/storiesofourtimes/episodes/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/storiesofourtimes/e/6a049eb906eee5b01c8d69bb/media.mp3","summary":"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.","meta_description":"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 c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":727,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-26954/episodes/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-26954/latest-is-wes-streeting-about-to-resign.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}