Former health secretary Wes Streeting has suggested cutting national insurance and issuing new North Sea oil drilling licenses as he continues to make his leadership pitch.

Former health secretary Wes Streeting has suggested cutting national insurance and issuing new North Sea oil drilling licenses as he continues to make his leadership pitch.

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The former Health Secretary said his premiership would break with Keir Starmer's by issuing licences for new drilling in the North Sea.