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In a letter to the prime minister, he says: "where we need vision, we have a vacuum".

Streeting said he has "lost confidence" in Sir Keir Starmer's leadership, but has not yet triggered a leadership challenge.

Chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman explains.

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