RPT-UPDATE 1-UK health minister Wes Streeting resigns

LONDON, May 14 (Reuters) - ​British health minister Wes Streeting resigned ​from ‌government on Thursday, saying ⁠he had lost confidence ⁠in Prime Minister ​Keir Starmer's leadership.

"It is now clear that you will ​not ‌lead the Labour Party into the next general election and that Labour ​MPs and Labour Unions want ‌the debate about what comes next to ‌be a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism," ​Streeting said in a letter published ‌on X.

"It needs to be broad, and it needs ⁠the ⁠best possible field of ‌candidates. I support that approach and ​I ​hope that you ‌will facilitate this."