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Wes Streeting

The Guardian

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Labour's progress with the NHS is under threat if Reform wins the local elections, writes Wes Streeting

Labour's progress with the NHS is under threat if Reform wins the local elections, writes Wes Streeting

Being in power is about making choices. Listen to this article And for the last 14 years, at almost every possible opportunity, the Conservatives took...

14.04.2026 10

LBC

Wes Streeting

Ignore the smears: I was never a close friend of Peter Mandelson. And I fully understand the lessons we must learn

09.02.2026 20

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

Ignore the sceptics: with this new vaccine, chickenpox could become a thing of the past

02.01.2026 20

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

I realise now that my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive. We all need better evidence

04.12.2025 10

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

My message to doctors, after five days of strikes? Work with us: if you go to war with us, you’ll lose

30.07.2025 10

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

This unnecessary doctors’ strike will hurt patients, the NHS and doctors themselves. Pull back: don’t do it

24.07.2025 10

The Guardian

Wes Streeting

In 1948 a Labour government founded the NHS. My job now is to make it fit for the future

03.07.2025 10

The Guardian

Wes Streeting