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Wes Streeting: From primary school prison visits to the cusp of No 10 – inside the health secretary’s unorthodox rise

The Independent·Harry Cockburn·22 days ago
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A s Sir Keir Starmer’ s grip on power becomes increasingly tenuous , Wes Streeting has emerged as the most prominent of the cabal of potential inheritors to the Labour throne. But could the health secretary really be Labour's best hope of keeping the threat of Farage at bay at the next election? The 43-year-old MP for Ilford North has become one of the loudest and most forthright voices on the frontbench, largely appearing to embody the on-message mission beloved by Labour HQ. Wes Streeting has become one of the most prominent ministers in Starmer’s government, but he isn’t universally popular (PA) Nonetheless, this has won him little support in other factions of the party who regard him as “too right wing”. He has criticised Jeremy Corbyn , whom he said he “always” believed had been “unelectable”, and has also rejected being called a “Blairite”, despite his closeness to figures such as Peter Mandelson, and having previously worked for Progress – the pressure group set up to support New Labour.…

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