Wes Streeting
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Wesley Paul William Streeting (; born 21 January 1983) is a British politician who has served as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care since 2024. A member of the Labour Party, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Ilford North since 2015. Brought up in Stepney, Streeting attended Westminster City School. He read history at the University of Cambridge and was president of the Cambridge Students' Union from 2004 to 2005. He was president of the National Union of Students (NUS) from 2008 to 2010. Streeting also worked for Progress, a Labour Party-related organisation, for a year before working in the public sector. In 2010 he was elected to Redbridge London Borough Council for Labour and became deputy leader of the council in May 2014. Streeting was elected to the House of Commons as MP for Ilford North at the 2015 general election and resigned as the council's deputy leader before standing down as a councillor in 2018. He was returned to Parliament at both the 2017 and 2019 general elections. Following Keir Starmer's election as Leader of the Labour Party in the 2020 leadership election, Streeting joined the front bench as Shadow Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury in April 2020. He became Shadow Minister for Schools in October 2020 after the resignation of Margaret Greenwood before joining the shadow cabinet as Shadow Secretary of State for Child Poverty in the May 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffle. In the November 2021 shadow cabinet reshuffle, Streeting became, following a promotion by Starmer, Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, a position he remained in until July 2024. Following Labour's victory at the 2024 general election, Streeting was appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the Starmer ministry.
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- 1983Born
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- •Place of birth: London Borough of Tower Hamlets
- •Citizenship: United Kingdom
- •Known as: politician
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Wes Streeting suggests he could resign if government does not meet defence spending pledge
Newspaper headlines: Mayors to get tax cash and Streeting 'bid to win back Trump'
BBC Breakfast backlash as viewers all say the same thing about Wes Streeting interview
Exclusive: Wes Streeting Will Not Be Paid For His First 3 Months As Defence Secretary
Wes Streeting appointed UK Defence Secretary; ‘disappointment’ with removal of Dan Jarvis, responsible for DIP
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting MP, keynote speech at AGF Defence Summit, Farnborough International Air Show
Andy Burnham addresses Wes Streeting hot mic joke about prisoners being released early
Wes Streeting apologises for joke about prisoner releases caught on microphone
Fury as Wes Streeting & Shabana Mahmood caught on hot mic joking about Labour’s early prison release scheme
New defence secretary Wes Streeting hits out at Russia after live-fire exercise 40 miles off UK coast
Wes Streeting knows 'square root of nothing on defence', slams Lord Dannatt amid reports of cabinet job
Wes Streeting fact checks claim he was 'spotted crying in lift' near Andy Burnham's office
Jesy Nelson blow as SMA babies 'have been forgotten' after Wes Streeting resigns
Wes Streeting tipped as favourite to become Chancellor in Burnham government after ditching plan for leadership contest
Inside Wes Streeting and Andy Burnham's crunch talks as PM resigns - 'no job deal'
Wes Streeting Announces He Will Not Run To Be Labour Leader And Endorses Burnham
Wes Streeting gives up his leadership ambitions and backs Burnham for Prime Minister
Streeting suggests he would be prepared to trigger leadership contest as early as next week
Streeting sets out plans to tear up planning rules and net zero policies if he becomes PM
Wes Streeting backs new oil drilling licenses for North Sea to slash high energy bills
