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100 resultsfor “who is Wes Streeting in UK politics”

Politics

Starmer’s failure to demonstrate strong values ‘driving away progressive voters’

Wes Streeting and Angela Rayner. Labour is braced for dismal results [in Thursday’s elections](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/07/local-elections-labour-test-greens-reform-lib-dems-tories-england-scotland-wales-polls), which could result in [Starmer facing a leadership challenge](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/may/05/labour-leadership-challenge-bond-markets-angela-rayner-andy-burnham-keir-starmer). The report from

The Guardian WorldMay 7
Politics

Is Keir Starmer trying to build a legacy or just getting on with the job?

Wes] Streeting and anyone else to explain what it is they would do differently, and how they would either pay for it or deliver.” Policies on areas such as defence, the EU and social media

The Guardian WorldJun 9
Politics

Streeting calls for equal tax on income and capital gains in Labour leadership pitch

Wes Streeting](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/wes-streeting) has set out plans for a “wealth tax that works”, by equalising tax on assets and income. Streeting said the current system – in which capital gains tax is generally much

The Guardian WorldMay 21
Politics

New laws expected to be in the King's Speech

Wes Streeting's [commitment to abolish NHS England](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crknrrz7ln6o), and to implement some of the commitments in his [10 Year Health Plan.](https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/10-year-health-plan-for-england-fit-for-the-future) **Leasehold and Commonhold Reform Bill** -This legislation, which

BBC NewsMay 10
Politics

Andy Burnham to face Reform’s Robert Kenyon in crucial Makerfield byelection

politics for years to come. Reform are billing Kenyon, a plumber and army reservist who contested the seat just outside Wigan in the 2024 general election, as a local champion taking on a professional politician

The Guardian WorldMay 19
Politics

Starmer hopes to regain momentum with unveiling of dozens of bills in king’s speech

political initiative on Wednesday as his government announces a package of 35 bills for the next parliamentary session, covering everything from housing to immigration. The embattled prime minister will release details of dozens of bills

The Guardian WorldMay 12
Politics

Labour must put policy first, politics second, Tony Blair says

Wes Streeting, he urged Labour MPs to “force people to say where they stand” before getting behind a change in leader. In his [5,700-word essay](https://institute.global/insights/politics-and-governance/the-labour-party-is-playing-with-fire-over-its-future-and-the-future-of-the-country), published on Tuesday night, Blair

The Guardian WorldMay 27
Politics

Wes Streeting pledges 'wealth tax that works'

Wes Streeting has backed the introduction of a "wealth tax that works", as part of his pitch for the Labour leadership. Streeting is proposing equalising capital gains tax with income tax, in a reform

BBC NewsMay 21
Politics

Tony Blair says Labour must abandon net zero, support Trump and cut benefits

Wes Streeting – who has often been cast as a Blairite but rejects the label – for ideas on tax and spending that he said had been rejected by serious governments. He said it was a “perennial

The Guardian WorldMay 26
Politics

Labour’s disastrous night puts focus on Keir Starmer’s future as leader

UK](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/brexit-party). The result has once more put Starmer’s leadership in question. “I think the very best thing the prime minister could do now is address the nation tomorrow

The Guardian WorldMay 8
Politics

Pro-Palestine activists believe ‘sea change’ coming in Labour’s approach to Middle East

Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham, have in the past urged Labour to do more to support Palestine. In the debates so far both have refused to describe Israel’s actions as genocide, although Streeting

The Guardian WorldJun 12
Politics

Challenge Starmer by Monday or I will, Labour MP tells cabinet

UK. There were also heavy losses for the party in the Scottish Parliament election, [where the SNP won a fifth successive term](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cddpevvv97jo) and Labour finished a distant second tied with Reform. West

BBC NewsMay 9
Politics

What next for Starmer? Five scenarios in Labour leadership crisis

Wes Streeting has also resigned as health secretary, saying he wanted a "broad" debate about the party's next leader. Meanwhile former deputy prime minister Angela Rayner has not ruled out running in any race

BBC NewsMay 15
Politics

Can Starmer survive as PM? Seven scenarios for what might happen next

Wes Streeting, Angela Rayner or any other Labour heavyweight with eyes on Number 10. Streeting backed the prime minister on Friday, but did not explicitly rule out standing in any contest. Rayner has not commented

BBC NewsMay 10
Politics

Why Labour's London squeeze exposes a fragmented modern British politics

Wes Streeting. The Secretary State for Housing, Steve Reed, completes the quartet of powerful London MPs in the Cabinet. A significant percentage of the party's activists, and the members who choose the party

BBC NewsMay 1
Politics

Unhappy Labour MPs aren't ready to oust Starmer yet

Wes Streeting." Another potential Burnham supporter was more downbeat. He recognised that the Greater Manchester mayor would need to stand in a "very safe seat" given Labour's polling, and that a supportive MP would

BBC NewsApr 22
Politics

Dozens of MPs oppose Streeting’s new power to say what NHS pays for drugs

Wes Streeting’s decision to award himself power to dictate what the NHS pays for drugs amid growing concern the move may be illegal. Thirty-one MPs have signed a House of Commons motion voicing

The Guardian WorldApr 26
Politics

How team Burnham finally cleared the first of many hurdles on route to Westminster

Wes Streeting attending the state opening of parliament the day before he resigned as health secretary. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters The mood among his supporters was bleak. “It’s a shit cocktail,” said

The Guardian WorldMay 15
Politics

The race to replace Starmer is on - but he still faces a momentous choice

Wes Streeting's team says "Yes". Team Starmer says "No way". But it's become academic because Streeting has quit government to prepare for a run at the top job. And then, a frenzied

BBC NewsMay 16
Politics

Public control of water and energy at heart of Burnham agenda, sources say

UK utilities in an effort to improve performance and potentially reduce bills for consumers. The move would constitute one of the biggest transfers of ownership of British industry since the privatisations of the 1980s

The Guardian WorldYesterday
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