Wes Streeting urges Labour to help youth ‘as an emergency’

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Wes Streeting has called on the government to support young people “as an emergency” in a resignation speech that accused Sir Keir Starmer of leading a losing battle against Reform UK.  Streeting said he supported Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ economic agenda before the Iran war broke out and upended policy-making, though he suggested the Labour leadership https://www.cityam.com/wes-streeting-urges-labour-to-help-youth-as-an-emergency/">[...]

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