The Papers: 'Starmer and Streeting set for showdown' and 'Crisis? What crisis?'

'Starmer and Streeting set for showdown' and 'Crisis? What crisis?'Just nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleFor the second day in a row, every paper leads on the future of Sir Keir Starmer's premiership. "Starmer throws down gauntlet to rivals" says the Financial Times, reporting the prime minister was still "clinging to power" on Tuesday evening, after he challenged his rivals to mount a leadership bid on a day of ministerial resignations. The paper adds that Sir Keir's supporters believe he has headed off a challenge from Health Secretary Wes Streeting who, it says, has not gained the support of the 81 MPs needed to launch a rival bid.The Guardian is in agreement, saying that Sir Keir is "increasingly confident" that he has seen off the immediate threat to his leadership after Streeting failed to raise a formal challenge on Tuesday. The health secretary is due to meet the PM on Wednesday, where he is expected to talk candidly about his concerns regarding the Labour Party.Several papers have homed in on the "No 10 showdown" between Sir Keir and Streeting, including the Times. The pair are pictured side by side on the front page of the paper, which reports that the "summit" is due to take place in Downing Street in the hours before the King's Speech. It is not clear whether Streeting will formally call for Sir Keir to set out a timeline for his departure, the Times says.Similarly, the Telegraph leads with "Streeting to confront Starmer". It notes that despite telling ministers at Tuesday's "tense" Cabinet meeting that he would discuss the leadership crisis in private, Sir Keir refused to speak to Streeting at No 10 in the hours that followed. The paper also highlights concerns in Westminster that the "chaos" in government could overshadow the speech on Wednesday and embarrass King Charles III."Crisis? What crisis?" quips the Sun, echoin...