Wes Streeting has been urged to speak out against Sir Keir Starmer by a minister who has quit the government as the pair meet in Downing Street ahead of the King's Speech.
The Health Secretary will reportedly set to question the Prime Minister on 'turbulence' in the Labour Party following a string of ministerial resignations while scores of MPs have called for Sir Keir to resign.
Zubir Ahmed, who resigned as a health minister, said Cabinet members who are privately dissatisfied with the Prime Minister need to say so publicly.
'I think people who are articulating their dissatisfaction with the Prime Minister in private, they do have a responsibility to say that in public and directly to him, because this situation is unsustainable,' he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.
The meeting comes ahead of the King's Speech where Charles will set out the government’s legislative agenda for the coming year.
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07:26
Streeting arrives in Downing Street for Starmer talks
Wes Streeting has arrived in Downing Street for a meeting with the Prime Minister amid calls from within Labour for Sir Keir Starmer to resign.
The Health Secretary has tipped as a possible leadership contender in the event Sir Keir does decide to step aside.
07:22
Minister who quit urges Streeting to speak out against Starmer
A minister who quit the government over Sir Keir Starmer's leadership has called on Cabinet members privately dissatisfied with the Prime Minister to say so publicly.
Zubir Ahmed, who is said to be an ally of Wes Streeting, said the situation was 'unsustainable'.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, he said:
I think it is very telling, just as ministers have stepped forward in the junior ministerial ranks to articulate their dissatisfaction – some of us publicly, but more of us privately – that the whole of the Cabinet has not, on this occasion, been able to articulate support for the Prime Minister in the full-throated way that perhaps would have had happened in the past.
I think, therefore, that there is a responsibility in all of us, on all of us, in parliamentary ministerial office to be honest with ourselves and with the Prime Minister at this time.
He went on to say ministers who are articulating their unhappiness with Sir Keir should so in public and directly to him.
07:15
Starmer and Streeting set for showdown talks in Downing Street
Good morning and welcome to our live politics coverage as Keir Starmer's premiership remains engulfed in crisis on the day of the King's Speech.
The Prime Minister is set to have talks with Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary and potential leadership challenger, this morning inside Downing Street.
The pair will meet ahead of the King's Speech, a centuries old tradition to mark the start of a new parliamentary session.
Stick with us throughout the day as we bring you the latest on the Labour leadership saga and the King's Speech as Charles enters Parliament.
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