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Labour must be bolder or it will lose, Streeting says in resignation speech
UK NewsPolitics•May 20, 2026 at 3:21 PMNational

Labour must be bolder or it will lose, Streeting says in resignation speech

By Peter Walker Senior political correspondent•The Guardian - UK News

In first Commons speech since quitting cabinet, Streeting says party must deliver change or it will hand keys of No 10 to ReformUK politics live – latest updatesLabour must be bolder and deliver real change, Wes Streeting has said in his first Commons speech since resigning as health secretary, saying that he quit the government because it was “currently losing” the fight against populist nationalism.Streeting reiterated his view that leaving the EU had been a damaging mistake for the UK, and argued that young people had been let down by a system stacked against them. Continue reading...

In first Commons speech since quitting cabinet, Streeting says party must deliver change or it will hand keys of No 10 to Reform

Labour must be bolder and deliver real change, Wes Streeting has said in his first Commons speech since resigning as health secretary, saying that he quit the government because it was “currently losing” the fight against populist nationalism.

Streeting reiterated his view that leaving the EU had been a damaging mistake for the UK, and argued that young people had been let down by a system stacked against them.

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