Wes Streeting
Ex-health secretary, Cabinet member
U.K.'s ex-Health Minister Streeting says will run to replace PM Starmer
We need a proper contest with the best candidates on the field, and I'll be standing, says Wes Streeting
Streeting launches scathing attack on Starmer - and calls for UK to rejoin EUUK’s Streeting Says He Will Stand in Any Labour Leadership Race
Wes Streeting said he that he will stand in any UK leadership contest in his first speech since leaving the government earlier this week.
Streeting launches scathing attack on Starmer - and calls for UK to rejoin EU
Ex-health secretary, who is expected to launch leadership bid soon, condemns ‘heavy-handed’ approach Wes Streeting has launched a scathing attack on what he described as Keir Starmer’s “heavy-handed” leadership culture, which he claimed had stifled creative policy thinking in government. Streeting criticised the effectiveness of Labour’s first two years in power – all of which he has spent in cabinet – saying Labour “arrived in government underprepared in too many areas and lacking clarity of vision and direction”. Continue reading...
Streeting launches scathing attack on Starmer - and calls for UK to rejoin EU