Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. All News Sport Culture Lifestyle Starmer can reassert his authority by sacking Wes Streeting The Prime Minister has held meetings with ministers and Labour MPs in Parliament as he seeks to shore up support and avert a potential leadership challenge. Cabinet ministers loyal to Sir Keir Starmer are also working the members’ tea room, urging colleagues not to "plunge the party into chaos" and warning a leadership contest would "paralyse the Government for months." Sir Keir joked about Labour’s leadership turmoil during the King’s Speech debate. He responded to Kemi Badenoch, who declared "the starting gun of the Labour leadership contest has been fired," drawing jeers from his rival, Wes Streeting . Streeting is reportedly preparing to resign and trigger a Labour leadership contest, according to allies.…