Wes Streeting

Fact checks, commentary and analysis about the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Wes Streeting, the Member of Parliament for Ilford North

14 March 2025

Keir Starmer has abolished NHS England, not the NHS itself

The quango that makes decisions about the NHS in England has been abolished, but the NHS still exists.

Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives

There were actually 6.4 million people on the NHS England waiting list last July, not 7.6 million as the health secretary claimed last month. That was the number of cases.

MPs listed in viral image didn't 'vote' against deportation of foreign rapists

Those named on the list signed a letter asking the government to halt the deportation of foreign criminals, some of whom were rapists, until a report into the Windrush scandal had been published.

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Wes Streeting

Keir Starmer has abolished NHS England, not the NHS itself

Wes Streeting overstated the number of people on the NHS waiting list under the Conservatives

MPs listed in viral image didn't 'vote' against deportation of foreign rapists

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