The Week: How Much Pressure Is Keir Starmer Under?
Health Secretary Wes Streeting says hes βfrustratedβ in far reaching interview.
Today, the Health Secretary Wes Streeting has given a very broad and far reaching interview to the New Statesman which some are seeing as an attack on Starmerβs leadership.
Adam, Chris, Faisal and Alex discuss this, as well as the on going pressure on the PM. Plus, the team also pick out something we should be looking out for in 2026 in politics.
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