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Posted On: July 23rd 2026, 04:00 pm
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‘I would have put Wes Streeting back in as health secretary’ says former deputy cabinet secretary Helen MacNamara.

After resigning from the post - the first significant resignations in the final days of Starmer’s premiership - Streeting has now be re-appointed as defence secretary. The move came as a surprise to some as Yvette Cooper was shuffled from the Foreign Office to the Department of Health.

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Comments (33)
d666714 14 hours ago

d666714

Oh no ..much better to mix everything up so you can always blame a previous person. Politics isn't it

rhikosmary 16 hours ago

rhikosmary

60% of Streeting’s donors were private healthcare providers.

monikaduscher a day ago

monikaduscher

I don’t understand why the ginger growler got her previous job back despite the fact that she accidentally forgot to pay £40000.- in tax. Why didn’t Streeting get the Dept.of Health back? Why was Alister Carns not given defence? Explanation needed.

elliottizmint a day ago

elliottizmint

Someone getting Palantir out of the NHS ASAP would be great, so not Wes.

bananazippy a day ago

bananazippy

Strreeting?? Mr I was bought by Palantir...

calumdaylewis 2 days ago

calumdaylewis

These two show how awful the billionaire owned independent has got

eddie15xx 2 days ago

eddie15xx

I think most people other than a new PM wanting to show he was his own man would have done the same

faisalsheikh2173 2 days ago

faisalsheikh2173

Agree constant merry go around of Ministers is a joke how can they possible get on top of their brief let alone master them. Forget accountability. I think like in the US there should be an assumption that held pre Trump that of you are appointed to the cabinet in an admiration you complete the full te. We need the accountability

ridsface 2 days ago

ridsface

Totally agree I have Yvette in defence on my bingo card

hecuddy1 2 days ago

hecuddy1

Wes .... an epstein person

thevalidationgeneration 2 days ago

thevalidationgeneration

Madness. Utter madness. He’s a Palintir puppet and should be nowhere near anything

thecharliedring 2 days ago

thecharliedring

Yvette could have done Defence yeah

rattlerbrand6 2 days ago

rattlerbrand6

He massaged the figures lol woman in defence ? Omg what next. A ginger house builder ? Tell me how’s that going 1,5 million houses how are behind is she

jwjs.98 2 days ago

jwjs.98

Personally I’d rather the trans kid k*ller was out of government permanently

will_bathurst 2 days ago

will_bathurst

Should have been Al Carns in defence. The power of having people manage departments they have experience in…

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