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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Katrine Bussey

Streeting speaks about ‘daunting’ prospect of being next UK health secretary

Wes Streeting has spoken about the “absolutely daunting” prospect of becoming health secretary if Labour wins the next general election.

However, the shadow health and social care secretary insisted he would “relish” taking on the role, saying his experience of going through kidney cancer  had shown him how “important the NHS is for all of us”.

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