On the first night of the Labour Party conference, Wes Streeting stood in front of a huge crowd and told them it was him, not the prime minister, who would prove pivotol in Labour's ability to secure re-election.
Addressing a room of delegates who had queued for an hour to watch his first appearance at event in Liverpool, he told them: “I’ve always known this, and this is the pressure I’ve felt since I walked into the DHSC on day one and why I have striven not to waste a single day of the massive privilege – I have of one of the best jobs in government."
