Wes Streeting's Labour leadership charm offensive rests on a assumption so fragile it barely survives contact with reality

Wes Streeting confirmed today that he would be challenging Sir Keir Starmer for the Labour leadership and vowed that the UK would rejoin the EU 'one day' as Brexit was 'a…

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In his first speech after resigning as health minister, Streeting described Britain's 2016 referendum decision to leave the bloc as “a catastrophic mistake”. | World News

Heath secretary twists knife in Sir Keir Starmer – as Andy Burnham claims he’s out to save Labour

The former Health Secretary put the bitterly divisive issue at the heart of his campaign to replace Sir Keir Starmer as he formally announced his leadership ambitions on Saturday.

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Streeting has said he will stand in any leadership race to replace British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. #EuropeNews

Former health secretary’s allies rally to his defence after culture secretary calls his comments about rejoining ‘odd’

Public opinion among towards Brexit has shifted 10 years on from the EU referendum, say allies, as Streeting looks set to defy critics within his own party over the issue

If EU members are not bickering about how best to respond to global events, then they’re squabbling over the next seven-year budget.

Britain's ruling Labour party on Monday revisited the divisive wounds of Brexit, after a senior figure hoping to challenge Prime Minister Keir Starmer called for the country to…

West Streeting's pitch to rejoin the EU may play well with Labour Party members, but it will prove a liability for whoever has to govern.

Ten years after the referendum, its role as domestic football is still the order of day – and the ex-health secretary is happy to use it in his leadership bid, says academic Anand…

Wes Streeting's Labour leadership charm offensive rests on a assumption so fragile it barely survives contact with reality

In his first Commons appearance since quitting the Cabinet Mr Streeting warned of an 'existential threat to the UK' as he set out a thinly veiled pitch to replace Sir Keir.