14 h. ago Nigel Farage defends Reform MP who moaned about TV ads being 'full of black and Asian people'

Both Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Health Secretary Wes Streeting have accused Sarah Pochin, the Runcorn and Helsby MP, of prejudice over her outburst.

Politics

27 h. ago Crackdown urged by family of mum who died after receiving illegal ‘skinny jab’

Wes Streeting told ITV News the Government and public must ‘learn from this absolutely shocking case’.

Events

35 h. ago Labour must counter ‘growing sense of despair’, Streeting warns after Welsh defeat

Health secretary urges party to take Caerphilly result to heart as Lucy Powell gets to work as deputy leaderSenior Labour figures including Wes Streeting have said the government must project optimism and delivery after losing a Welsh Senedd byelection amid rising concern about midterm fatigue and a loss of momentum.The health secretary warned that the party must counter a “growing sense of despair” and show voters tangible proof of change after its defeat last week in Caerphilly, a town that had been Labour for more than 100 years. Continue reading...

Events

38 h. ago Racism of 70s and 80s back on the streets of London, warns Cabinet minister Wes Streeting

The Ilford North Labour MP stressed he had thought that such abuse had been confined to the ‘history books’

Events

39 h. ago Wes Streeting says Labour needs to counter ‘growing sense of despair’ and deliver

The Cabinet minister said Sir Keir Starmer's administration had not told a "compelling enough story" about its achievements, and he acknowledged people were not yet feeling the change they voted for at the general election.

Society

42 h. ago Reeves heads into Budget with public finances in challenging state – Streeting

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said the economy was not ‘out of the woods yet’ ahead of Rachel Reeves’ November 26 Budget.

Economics

43 h. ago Streeting condemns Farage’s ‘deafening silence’ over ‘racist’ remarks from Reform MP

Reform MP Sarah Pochin provoked widespread condemnation when she said: that it ‘drives me mad seeing adverts full of black and Asian people’

Politics

43 h. ago Wes Streeting delivers grim warning about voters 'despair' and says Labour must act

Health Secretary Wes Streeting compared the Caerphilly by-election result to the loss of Hartlepool in 2021, which prompted Keir Starmer to consider his future as party leader

Events

43 h. ago Wes Streeting says government will not be ‘held to ransom’ by striking doctors

The British Medical Association (BMA) has announced resident doctors in England will strike on five consecutive days from 7am on November 14 to 7am on November 19.

Politics

43 h. ago Streeting: Government will not be ‘held to ransom’ by striking doctors

Resident doctors in England are to strike for five days in November.

Politics

44 h. ago Moment fugitive Epping sex attack migrant is arrested in north London after his accidental release sparked three day hunt

A wrongly freed migrant sex attacker has been arrested this morning

Events

44 h. ago Streeting: Labour needs to counter ‘growing sense of despair’ and deliver

The Health Secretary said the party must demonstrate it is delivering the change it promised at the general election.

Society

44 h. ago Minister Wes Streeting piles fresh pressure on Keir Starmer saying Brits are 'disillusioned' and 'despair' of ANYONE being able to sort the country out

The Health Secretary insisted he was trying to help after he compared Labour's disastrous showing in the Caerphilly by-election to the lowest point of Sir Keir's time as party leader.

Politics

45 h. ago Awkward moment Wes Streeting shown Labour has only returned 42 migrants in ‘one

This is the awkward moment Wes Streeting is shown Labour has only returned 42 migrants in its ‘one-in-one out’ migrant scheme with France, since August.

Events

45 h. ago Epping sex attack migrant arrested in Finsbury Park after three days on the run after Wes Streeting makes desperate TV plea

A wrongly freed migrant sex attacker has been arrested this morning

Events

45 h. ago Wes Streeting forced into humiliating plea for public to help find fugitive migrant sex offender as manhunt continues in east London  

Kebatu was set free from HMP Chelmsford in error on Friday four weeks after being sentenced for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and a woman in Epping,

Events

56 h. ago Private hospitals carrying out more NHS appointments and procedures

Using spare capacity in the private sector is key to the government’s target of ensuring that 92 per cent of patients in England should wait no longer than 18 weeks from referral to treatment

Politics

57 h. ago WES STREETING: 'It’s morally unjust that the wealthy get better healthcare because they can afford to pay'

'By giving patients the choice to be treated in a private setting, we can get them treated ten weeks sooner- giving them back two and a half months of their lives', the Health Secretary writes

Economics

57 h. ago Private clinics carrying out more NHS appointments and procedures

Health Secretary Wes Streeting said he would do everything he could to ensure NHS patients are ‘treated faster, free at the point of use’.

Politics

57 h. ago Streeting’s historic comparison leads to speculation over Starmer’s future as PM

The health secretary compared defeat last week in the Caerphilly by-election to the one in Hartlepool which almost forced Starmer to quit

Politics