Wes Streeting quits government – what happens next?

There remains an impasse over the future of the Labour Party (Picture: Metro/Shuttersthock/Getty/PA)

‘Where we need vision, we have a vacuum. Where we need direction, we have drift.’

Those were the words of Wes Streeting in his devastating resignation letter to Sir Keir Starmer as he resigned as Health Secretary and urged the Prime Minister to step down.

But as the dust settles on Streeting breaking cover to confirm his departure, that vacuum has only deepened.

As it stands, we appear to be in the same statement that has be...