The former Health Secretary said he wanted to offer a "down payment on the future of the next generation" by restoring the centres to the original New Labour model

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