Wes Streeting said to be eyeing up No 10 – but how will doctors’ strikes affect his chances?

<p>Some MPs question Streeting’s framing of dispute as a ‘war’, but wider mood is likely to depend on how NHS holds up</p><p>From Jeremy Hunt and Alan Johnson to Andy Burnham and Ken Clarke, politics is littered with ambitious former health secretaries who did not make it into No 10.</p><p>The aspirational current health secretary, Wes Streeting, is believed by colleagues to have his sights on bucking that trend, and one day replacing Keir Starmer in Downing Street.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/aug/02/wes-streeting-no-10-resident-doctors-strikes-nhs-keir-starmer">Continue reading...</a>