Starmer meets ministers and warns any leadership challenge would 'plunge us into chaos'

Keir Starmer has met MPs and ministers in Parliament after allies of Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he could launch a leadership challenge on Thursday Starmer told them: "We cannot let a leadership contest plunge us into chaos... a [leadership] challenge would 100% do that," the BBC's Joe Pike reports Streeting would need the backing of at least 81 Labour MPs to challenge Starmer - here's how a leadership contest would work Meanwhile, allies of a defence minister, Al Carns, expect him to stand if there was a leadership contest - although he would be an outsider Earlier, King Charles unveiled the government's agenda at the State Opening of Parliament - a day of politics and pomp in photos The government anticipated the need for a post elections reboot, but it's getting the boot Starmer now fears, writes Chris Mason Edited by Charlotte Hadfield and Andrew Humphrey, with chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman reporting from Downing Street It was another tumultuous day for Prime Minister Keir Starmer as the State Opening of Parliament was overshadowed by the turmoil surrounding his leadership. The day began with the PM's meeting with Wes Streeting, which lasted less than 20 m