Division_bells

Reminder no south aus election coverage this weekend. Clashes with nurburgring langstrecken series round 2 plus its got max verstappen in it. So will be even busier then normal. @TimeCertainRace is where i have coverage of racing.

NEW: Streeting’s outriders now calling MPs to ask for support. If it wasn’t on this morning, it certainly is now.

BREAKING: Wes Streeting has broken his silence on social media shortly after the King's Speech amid reports the health secretary is planning to resign and launch a leadership challenge against Sir Keir Starmer. Sky's @BethRigby reports ⬇️ trib.al/sBGH3xV

NEW: Friends of Keir Starmer say he will stand against Wes Streeting in a leadership contest if the health secretary has the numbers to trigger one “I am certain he will stand,” one says of the PM So question now is does Streeting have the numbers? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Wes Streeting allies tell BBC they expect him to challenge UK PM Keir Starmer for leadership as soon as tomorrow bbc.in/4uCGDii

Correction: 16 minutes 😬

Which Labour MPs have come out against Starmer? bbc.in/49ISeUK

'It is not clear whether he will call on Starmer to set out a timetable for his departure.' Wes Streeting will hold talks with the prime minister tomorrow, Sky News understands. @BethRigby has the latest from Westminster trib.al/KR7l0VR

WATCH: A day of drama at Downing Street, with the PM on the edge. How the day unfolded & where are we tonight? By @IzzyLosseff @JoshGafson1, Elliott and Finn Lehane

🚨 NEW: Keir Starmer has announced some of the Bills in the King’s Speech tomorrow to end "the status quo" - Legislation to improve UK trade and investment ties with the EU - Energy Independence Bill to speed up clean energy projects and expand grid infrastructure - New immigration laws aimed at creating what the Government calls a “firm but fair” system - National security legislation to tackle cyber-attacks, state threats and extremist content online - Legislation giving the Government powers to nationalise British Steel - School reform legislation aimed at improving mainstream education and SEND support - Leasehold reforms designed to give homeowners greater rights and control over their properties - NHS reform legislation focused on cutting bureaucracy and improving patient care - New laws to protect social housing stock and strengthen protections for domestic abuse survivors - Reforms aimed at supporting small businesses and investment - Welfare reforms intended to remove barriers preventing people from entering work

Keir Starmer has already replaced the ministers who resigned today. Flurry of appointments: - Nesil Caliskan MP becomes Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government - Natalie Fleet MP becomes Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Home Office - Catherine Atkinson MP becomes Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice - Preet Kaur Gill MP becomes Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State in the Department of Health and Social Care - Gen Kitchen MP becomes Comptroller of HM Household (Government Whip) - Deirdre Costigan MP becomes Junior Lord of the Treasury (Government Whip) - Shaun Davies MP becomes Assistant Whip, House of Commons

No words from @wesstreeting leaving cabinet. As @Keir_Starmer says come and get me this is not over for today.

BREAKING: Emerging from the crucial cabinet meeting in Downing Street this morning, top Starmer ally Steve Reed tells political editor @BethRigby: "The prime minister has my full support." Politics latest: trib.al/WLFmeZb 📺 Sky 501 and YouTube

Pat McFadden leaves cabinet saying that no cabinet minister around the table challenged the Prime Minister.

"The prime minister's going to continue with his job as he should," Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden tells reporters in Downing Street Follow latest developments: bbc.in/4nHK6tP

Sir Keir Starmer has told his cabinet that the process for changing leader in the Labour Party has not been triggered, and the country expects them to "get on with governing". trib.al/2W9bsak 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

The House has agreed to a suspension of standing and sessional orders relating to the time and order of business for the presentation of the Budget today, 12 May, and the Budget reply speech on Thursday, 14 May. ▶️ Watch live here: aph.gov.au/live

UPDATE: Cooper did go speak to PM this eve - as did Mahmood & Healey. But I’m told Cooper did not urge PM to set out timetable - what she did discuss, she is keeping private. I understand there is frustration among some Cabinet ministers at what they see as the misrepresentation of their private conversations with PM - it’s been a very fraught day, with a possible cabinet showdown in the morning

NEW: Catherine West has just told me she didn't mean to write "in September" in her letter to MPs calling for a leadership elex. "I shouldn't have written 'in' [September], I should have written 'by'," she said. She wants a contest to begin "soon" and leader in place by Sept 1.

Another Labour MP - Luke Myer - has gone public calling for Starmer to quit, bringing the total so far to 49. Myer says: “I listened carefully to the Prime Minister’s speech today. I think history will see him as a decent man, but we have to be honest that his leadership is not working. A change is needed.”

BREAKING via @BBCBenWright Catherine West is not standing for the leadership but she calls for an "orderly transition" by September "I have listened to the Prime Minister's speech this morning. I welcome the renewed energy and ideas. However, I have reluctantly concluded that this morning’s speech was too little too late. "The results last Thursday show that the Prime Minister has failed to inspire hope. "What is best for the party and country now is for an orderly transition. "I am hereby giving notice to No10 that I am collecting names of Labour MPs to call on the Prime Minister to set a timetable for the election of a new leader in September. "I want to thank everyone who has been in contact over the weekend to offer good wishes. We need our best top team in place to fight the next election. We owe working people up and down the country nothing less."