Senior UK minister resigns, calls for a leadership contest to oust PM Starmer

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Wes Streeting's resignation adds pressure on the UK leader to stand down after disastrous election results and a series of controversies. LONDON: Labour's Wes Streeting resigned as health minister on Thursday (May 14) to call for a leadership contest to oust Keir Starmer , accusing the British prime minister of overseeing political drift and forcing others to take the blame for his government's failings. Disastrous results for the governing Labour Party in last week's local elections have