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Wesley Paul William Streeting (/ ˈ s t r iː t ɪ ŋ /; born 21 January 1983) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since July 2024. A member of the Labour Party , he has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015 .
Jul 5, 2024 · Prime minister Keir Starmer has named gay Ilford North MP Wes Streeting as the UK’s health secretary. Starmer is currently putting together his Cabinet after Labour’s landslide win in the general election. With two seats still to declare, they will have 412 MPs in the new parliament.
Jul 5, 2024 · Wes Streeting has been appointed health secretary in the new Labour government. The Ilford North MP will oversee the NHS - picking up a health service struggling with a number of issues, including, perhaps most importantly for voters, waiting times. Wes Streeting was another Labour candidate who felt the pressure of pro-Palestinine independents.
Jul 11, 2024 · Wes Streeting said he has been “genuinely stunned” by the NHS failings he has learned about since becoming health secretary. He said much of what he had been told is not yet in the public...
Jul 6, 2024 · Why Wes Streeting is set for war with the health service. The mother of all battles looms with bureaucrats and unions. Patrick Sawer, Senior News Reporter and George Chesterton 6 July 2024 •...
Apr 14, 2024 · LABOUR shadow health secretary Wes Streeting has continued to accept tens of thousands of pounds from donors with links to private healthcare while advocating for the NHS to pay private firms for use of their resources, the Sunday National can reveal.
Oct 11, 2023 · The NHS must modernise or die, shadow health secretary Wes Streeting says. In a speech to the Labour Party conference, he said the ageing population and rise in conditions such as heart...
Jul 9, 2024 · Wes Streeting on July 9. Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the Labour government’s plan to overhaul the state-run National Health Service will be key to delivering its core pledge to boosting ...
Jul 5, 2024 · Responding to new Health Secretary Wes Streeting describing the NHS as "broken", Sir Keir refused to lay blame at the door of NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard, saying the...
Jul 9, 2024 · Wes Streeting says the government cannot afford or commit to the 35% rise the doctors want but hopes to end the dispute. But there is renewed optimism an agreement might be reached to avoid more ...
