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Wes Streeting He warned that taxes are too high, as he said he was “diplomatically avoiding” the question of replacing Sir keir starmer,
Health Secretary, One of the frontrunners to become the next Labor leader, Also described as the ‘best way’ to achieve further growth in the faltering UK economy had deep trade relations with the European Union,
But he insisted Sir Keir has his “full support” Extraordinary controversy over briefing against him from inside Number 10 It was now “water under the bridge”.
Mr Streeting also warned that Britain faced a “massive economic shock” with Brexit.
He said the Prime Minister’s “reset” with the EU was a “good start” but that both the country and the government “want closer trading relations with Europe”, although he ruled out a return to freedom of movement.
The Labor Party is lagging behind Nigel Farage’s Reform UK in the elections. Mr Streeting is seen as a leading contender, With Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood and former deputy PM Angela Rayner, To succeed Sir Keir.
on sunday Labor When Speaker Anna Turley was asked whether Sir Keir would still be Prime Minister next Christmas, she was forced to say “Of course. Of course.”
Last week former PM tony blair Seen to effectively support Ms Mahmood As a future Labor leader, he was praised as “brilliant” and “influential” in a joint public appearance.
The November budget saw a £26 billion increase in taxes, while the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said none of the measures announced by Chancellor Rachel Reeves would have a “material impact” on growth.
in an interview with supervisor, Mr Streeting said he was “really uncomfortable with the level of taxation in this country. We’re asking a lot of individual taxpayers, we’re asking a lot of businesses. We have a level of indebtedness that we need to take very seriously. The best way to get more growth in our economy is a deeper trading relationship with the EU.”
He also said the NHS was “coping out” during the resident doctors’ strike, but admitted he was worried about the days ahead.
Resident doctors, who went on strike on Wednesday after members of the British Medical Association (BMA) rejected the government’s new proposal, will return to work at 7am on Monday.
“I think the NHS is coping… the period that concerns me more is the period after the strike when we have to try to get the service back up. It now comes at the time of year which is the busiest time for the NHS,” Mr Streeting said.
On Friday, he said he wanted to end the dispute and “we will have talks with them again in the new year”, but insisted he had a responsibility to all NHS staff.
He said, “I don’t think doctors are selfish and don’t care about nurses and other health care professionals, but the BMA’s position can be quite harsh and uncompromising.”
But he laughed off the suggestion that he had discussed a compromise with Ms Rayner about the leadership challenge.
“I’ve been reading some things lately and thinking that this has nothing to do with reality,” he said.
“The more closely I look at that job and the pressures on Kier and the demands of that job, the more I wonder why anyone would want it.”
However, he did not rule out becoming a leader himself.
“I’m diplomatically dodging the question to avoid the silly soap opera we’ve had over the past few months,” he said.
And when asked if he thought Britain would vote for a gay prime minister, he said: “One of the things I’m proud of about this country is that we have an atheist prime minister with a Jewish wife, the first woman to become prime minister after our first Hindu prime minister. I think this country is an inclusive, welcoming, decent and compassionate country.”
The interview comes just a week after Mr. building a road expressed his disappointment towards Labor “Practical, technical view” of leadership.
Speaking to the New Statesman magazine he also warned that the government was running the risk of presenting itself as a “maintenance department for the country” and failing to communicate its achievements.