Wes Streeting has also been opining this week about the lack of radical action from the government he’s just resigned from.

As health secretary, he called the state of maternity services a ‘cause for national shame’. Yet one in four women still report a negative birth experience, and around 300,000 are…

As health secretary, he called the state of maternity services a ‘cause for national shame’. Yet one in four women still report a negative birth experience, and around 300,000 are…

In his first Commons intervention since quitting Keir Starmer’s Cabinet as Health Secretary last week, Wes Streeting said it was an 'emotional wrench' to leave the government

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Former health secretary who quit the government last week with a call for Keir Starmer to resign said he had ‘no regrets’

The former health secretary Wes Streeting claimed the current system is not fair, penalises work, and demanded a radical transformation of the tax system.

The former health secretary’s latest intervention will be seen as a bid to win over the left wing of the Labour Party and see off the threat from Andy Burnham

Wes Streeting has called for a “wealth tax that works” as the former health secretary sets out his stall ahead of an expected Labour leadership contest.

Wes Streeting has revealed that he told Sir Keir Starmer that he would challenge him for leadership of the Labour Party during their 16-minute meeting at Downing Street last week.…

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Wes Streeting has also been opining this week about the lack of radical action from the government he’s just resigned from.