Overview
- MPs close to Wes Streeting were reported to have approached Angela Rayner about a joint leadership ticket, according to the Telegraph’s unnamed Labour sources.
- Streeting’s spokesperson called the claims “completely untrue,” saying his focus is getting the NHS through winter and resolving disputes with resident doctors.
- A source close to Rayner said “there is no vacancy and there is no pact” and added she “will not be played like a pawn.”
- Reports outlined alleged inducements for Rayner under a mooted deal, including a cabinet job, a possible return to deputy prime minister, or even a peerage, though none of this is confirmed.
- Other Labour figures, including a major trade union leader, suggested such a pact would not happen, as leadership speculation continues to be publicly dismissed.