A boozy dinner with Labour MP Wes Streeting

With England through to the knockout stages of the World Cup and hopes rising that football might finally be coming home, Westminster is watching nervously — and closely. The beautiful game shapes the national mood like little else. For politicians, that creates both huge opportu ...  Show more

The Greater Manchester mayoralty made Andy Burnham famous. Now he's hoping he can take the approach he developed in the city to the whole country. This week on Westminster Insider, host Sascha O'Sullivan speaks to four serving mayors — and one former one about whether the role wi ...  Show more

In this bonus episode of the New Statesman Podcast, Wes Streeting, the shadow health secretary, meets Phil Whitaker, the New Statesman’s medical editor and a working GP, at his surgery in Somerset, to have a conversation chaired by Anoosh Chakelian.They clash over Streeting’s pla ...  Show more

Camilla and Kamal are joined in the studio by Labour's Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting as he talks about considering private healthcare, the future of the NHS and 'class top trumps'. 

Plus Camilla and Kamal react to Reform UK's ‘contract’ with voters - lau ...

Labour's deputy leader Angela Rayner and shadow health secretary Wes Streeting have a round of cocktails with Matt and discuss Angela's favourite drink ('venom'), what to do about children vaping, and what music Keir Starmer should walk on stage to ahead of his conference spee ...

Talking strikes, pay negotiations and GPs with Labour’s Wes Streeting.Adam and Chris sit down with the shadow health secretary to discuss what Labour would be doing differently if they were in government.Plus, Tim Harford from More or Less brings his spreadsheet for some NHS numb ...  Show more